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What was I thinking?

Posted on March 29, 2016 by katyquilts

I mentioned yesterday that I had more 9 patches for another baby quilt top.

Not sure what I was thinking here with this layout… It would have made more sense to have the Reds and aqua across from each other.I’ll blame it on the cold meds and feeling under the weather this past weekend. I made more snowball blocks too. These make for a rather chaotic top!

I thought about just using the 9 patches like this:

But I would either have a very small quilt or I would have to make more blocks. I’d like to get this done so I can load and quilt both of these at the same time so I will probably stick with the first crazy option.

Linking up with The Quilting Room with Mel, Free Motion by the River, Quilt Story

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on March 28, 2016 by katyquilts

I used to make lots of 9 patch quilts. It was my go to pattern for baby quilts because it was so easy and fast with strip piecing. It is even easier with my die cutter. I decided to make another baby quilt to have on hand. I’m using fabric from a bundle I purchased on clearance from Connecting Threads a few years ago.

I use my 2 1/2 inch strip cutter for the 9 patches. I’m also using the GO! Snowball die for alternate blocks. I have an adaptor so I can use GO! dies with my studio cutter.
This is turned sideways. Just 5 long seams and this top will be done.

You may remember that I made another quilt from this bundle last year.

I must have really liked this as I have another half yard bundle of this in my stash still to use! There will be at least one more 9 patch coming from this. The 9 patches are cut and ready to assemble.

Linking up with Patchwork Times, Love Laugh Quilt, Em’s Scrapbag

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Brinton Hall

Posted on March 27, 2016 by katyquilts

I got both side strips added! And I am filling in hexies on the top and bottom now. After that is done, I can think about the borders. Just for fun, here is a picture of the back. A few of the paper hexies have fallen out but most are still in there.

This will be a nice bit of hand stitching to work on after Easter dinner today.

Linking up with Kathy’s Quilts, Quilting is More Fun Than Housework

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Quilting Tip!

Posted on March 26, 2016 by katyquilts

I use templates with my long arm and this tip pertains to that, but it could also be used for rotary rulers and templates as well. This tip was shared with me by Deb over at Quilts N Things Done by Betty Boop.

Here is a border on a quilt I recently quilted. I used a swag template made by Handi Quilter to achieve this design.

Most of my long arm rulers I want to slide over my quilt top. But some templates I want to stay in a very specific spot, so they need a little griping help. For that, I use a little Mob Grip. This product is designed for use on skateboards.

I just cut little bits, maybe a quarter inch, and place it on the back of the template. It has a peel and stick backing. I use 2-3 little bits on each.

I bought this roll on Amazon and it will probably last forever. Just for fun, here is a little video of me stitching out this border design. I hope it works!

Stop by Confessions of a Fabric Addict to see more tips and tricks! Also linking up with Quilting Mod for Lessons Learned

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It is Finished

Posted on March 25, 2016 by katyquilts

“But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.”‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53:5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Goose in the Pond

Posted on March 25, 2016 by katyquilts

I give up. I have waited forever for a decent day to take pictures of this quilt outside. It is always too wet, too rainy, too snowy, too dark….. So here are inside pictures.

This quilt began with blocks made for a local guild exchange.

I finally got the top finished in February, except for the borders. I found the border fabric in Arizona and finished that earlier this month. I purchased a large Baptist Fan stencil from Barb over at Fun with Barb. You can read all about the marking and quilting on this post.

And (drum roll please!) here is the finished quilt!

I love the giant fans!

I used a polished cotton sheet from Ikea for the back.
I made my share of wobbles and bobbles.
But I am thrilled to have this finished and finally have a new quilt on MY bed! Yay for finishing big quilts!

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, A Quilted Passion, Sew Can She, Anja Quilts

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New Dies

Posted on March 24, 2016 by katyquilts

I recently ordered some new dies for my Accuquilt Studio cutter. These are called “nested” dies and you get multiple sizes of the same shape in one set. The set on the left are the dies with blades, the set on the right below are blanks.
I also ordered a set of nested equilateral triangle dies.

To use them, you choose the size die you want, and then fill in with the blanks. below I have chosen to use the hexagon with one inch finished sides. This is the smallest one. The set includes hexies in one inch increments up to 7 inches on a side.
I cut some pieces out to try this out. This is the smallest triangle sitting on the smallest hexie.
I cut just 20 hexies and started piecing.

Below you can see that I have them all pieced into rows. Is this looking familiar?

I treated this the same way I did the equilateral triangle mini I made last month. I sliced it straight down.

And put it back together.
After adding borders, I was ready to quilt. I have to say I didn’t do any pinning and didn’t work all that hard at matching points. I am coming down with a cold and didn’t want to think too hard when I was making this!
And here it is quilted in a hanging diamonds pattern. I did this with my walking foot on my Bernina 1030.
I wanted to use this leftover piece of binding and it was just a tiny bit short so I added in a little piece of a different red. The back:

And this is what it looks like after washing. The finished mini measures about 11 by 13 inches.

I think I could make some nice mug rugs with just 9 hexies this way.

Have a great day!

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation

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Have you heard? #IGquiltfest

Posted on March 23, 2016 by katyquilts

Amy over at Amy’s Creative Side has hosted the Blogger’s Quilt Festival for quite a few years now. Usually she hosts one in the spring and one in the fall to coincide with Quilt Festival in Houston. This year, she has decided to have the spring festival based on Instagram. You don’t have to be on Instagtram to see the quilts though, pop over to her blog as they are all linked there.

The graphic above shows the category of quilts being posted each day.

If you are on Instagram, look for the hashtag #IGquiltfest. You can also follow me there, my IG tag is katyquilts.

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Quilts of Valor Part Two

Posted on March 23, 2016 by katyquilts

Here are the rest of the QOVs that I quilted last weekend. Again, these tops were all pieced by members of the Stitching Sisters QOV group. I just quilted them.

Have a wonderful day!

Linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts, Quilt Fabrication

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Quilts of Valor

Posted on March 22, 2016 by katyquilts

First of all, THANK YOU! for all the advice concerning my design wall. You’ve given me much to think about. In the past, I used the back side of a dollar store table cloth. It worked better than the Warm and White. It is, as some mentioned, getting pilly and it is difficult to remove the threads with a lint roller. I love the idea of having a grid on my wall. I will let you all know what I end up doing.

I picked up several tops from the Stitching Sisters QOV group last week and spent most of the weekend quilting them up. Here are the first three I finished form this batch.

The quilting doesn’t show on this backing, but I sure love this fabric!