KatyQuilts

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And just because every post needs a pretty picture:

Have a great day!

Good Morning! So I’ve had this stack of ten inch squares hanging around for too long now and I decided to make a donation quilt out of them. 

Yeah, those florals aren’t really me. Anyway, I cut 8  1/2 inch squares out of them and cut some 4 1/2 inch background squares. I marked the squares corner to corner and sewed on the line. You can’t really see here but I then sewed another line a half inch away.

I cut between the line of stitching to get these.

And these.
I’m squaring up the bonus triangles to 3 1/2 inches with this block lock ruler. It is awesome for this! You trim two sides and then flip the ruler and square to trim the other two sides.

Easy peasy. Not sure what I will do with them yet. Maybe I will use them on the back. I surely don’t want any of this left over.

No progress on the Goose in the Pond quilt. I can’t decide  on a border and don’t want to buy anything.

I realized I don’t have enough of that middle print. Not in love with either if the other two choices. I don’t want to rush this and regret it so I’m letting this simmer on the back burner for now. Maybe I will wait and see if I can find something at my favorite fabric store in Phoenix…..hmmmm…….

I need to figure out a project to take to Arizona with me. Brinton Hall is getting a bit too unwieldy now. But I’m watching Big E and Little E this morning so all this sewing stuff will have to wait. I’ve got babies to hold!

Have a great Monday!

Linking up with Patchwork Times, Cooking Up Quilts, Love Laugh Quilt, Em’s Scrap Bag, Quilt Mod

Monday I showed you my plans for the Tree of life charm pack and the basket block. I sewed it all together…..

….and thought, yuck.

The background of the hourglass blocks and the center block don’t match and that bothered me a lot. And I was not liking the green border. So I got out my ripper and went to work.

And brewed some tea….

This next picture shows the background fabric, the new borders I chose, the basket block, and the white strip shows what the basket background looked like before the tea bath.

The block shrunk quite a bit when I put it in the hot tea but the color match is much better. Time to work on the layout.

I got some good advice via Instagram. One person even made a mockup of a suggested layout.

Hmmmm….I like that a bit better than where I was headed.

This is the final layout. The top is now all pieced.

I’m much happier with this. I think separating the blocks and the center basket makes it less noticeable that they don’t match well. I will have to come up with some fancy quilting in that plain border! This is what I’m quilting in the hourglass blocks.

Interestingly, Wendy over at Constant Quilter  is also making a quilt with a panel like this. Her block is only 6 inches. I love what she is doing with hers! Check it out here.

Linking up with Quilt Fabrication, Sew Fresh Quilts, Freshly Pieced

I bought this little panel a few months ago  on Etsy thinking it would match this Tree of Life charm pack. I was in the mood for a little project so I pulled it out.

 It looks quite dull compared to the charm square fabric, but I am forging ahead with it anyway. I’m making hour glass blocks to surround the basket.

The basket block is 12 inches square and the hour glass blocks finish at 3 inches.

This is where I am at with it now.

Trying to decide on a border for the basket block.

Linking up with Patchwork Times, Em’s Scrapbag, Cooking Up Quilts, Love Laugh Quilts