KatyQuilts

Are you tired of my closet quilts yet? LOL I could do TBT posts for at least the next year and never repeat!

I remember making this quilt when we lived in France in the late 1990s. The teal fabrics were all from a single piece of fabric that had these gradated stripes. I am pretty sure I bought it at JoAnn Fabrics before  we left.

I couldn’t bear to not use those two leftover blocks so they went in the border.

The backing fabric came from Ikea.

And this quilt was made around the same time. I remember that it hung in my son’s room in France.

That border fabric is an old Alexander Henry print and I thought I was so clever to applique a couple parrots onto the blocks!

It is still just as bright as the day I finished it! Some quilts like this one, I just don’t know what to do with now. I can’t just throw it out, but neither do I want to hang it in my house. It’s too small for a baby quilt and I am not sure I would give away something this old anyway. First world quilting problems, I know!

Have a great day!

So far my little slow stitching English paper piecing project is going pretty well. I did quite a bit of glue basting in the car on the way to the airport and while waiting to take off. 

 
It took a bit to get into the rhythm of glue basting, but I think I have it down now. I started stitching on the plane. I got these done. 

  
Not sure how many more I will do this week, because there are kids to visit, babies to snuggle, and grand dogs to play with. But perhaps here and there…. 

 
Also, many of you said to use the extra goose for a label on my baby quilt. Great idea! I think I will! Thanks!

I also had questions regarding the outlet stores mentioned yesterday. It is a small Michigan only chain called Merchandise Outlet. Their stores are all in small towns, Gaylord, Gladwin, Harrison, the biggest is Mount Pleasant.

And now for some gratuitous baby pics. Big L.

And Little L.

 
Love my boys! Happy slow stitching.
 

Linking up with Kathy’s Quilts

Hubby and I recently spent some time shopping at our favorite closeout stores. There is a small chain of them here in Michigan and you never know what you will find there.

At one, I found some of this:

It is for piecing together scrap batting into useable sizes. With my long arm, I end up with TONS of scraps. I usually zig zag the pieces together but this is much faster. I have use it once so far and it was very easy. It runs over $5 each at JoAnn’s but I got 9 rolls for 80 cents each. I would never buy and use this at full price, I am way too cheap. But at this price, I couldn’t leave it.

I also picked up these badge reels. They are so handy for thread snips!

I also found this. I haven’t made many bags, I prefer to sew quilts. but I was intrigued by this product. I might use if for making more Pixie baskets.

I’ve been wanting to try out this batting blend so it was nice to get a crib sized batt at a bargain price.

And yes, I did just buy an iron like this!  Knowing how many irons I go through, hubby said to buy it so I had a spare. For $26, I decided to go for it.

We also stopped at a few yard sales on our travels. I found these Denyse Schmidt fabrics at one.

And this pile of zippers for $2 at another.

Not a bad little haul! have you found any wonderful bargains in unexpected places?