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Finish It Up Friday ~ Quilts of Valor

Posted on September 25, 2015 by katyquilts

Happy Friday, everyone! I’ve been working on Quilts of Valor for the Stitching Sisters group and have saved them all up to show you today. This first top was made by Val. I love the pattern.

This log cabin top was pieced by Karen.

This lovely top was pieced by Kathy.

A Carpenter’s Star, also by Karen.

This last one was also pieced by Val. I hadn’t custom quilted any of hers yet and this one just begged for it! It took longer but I think it was worth it.

And one more shot because I just love the texture and it really shows here.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Crazy Mom Quilts, Quilt Shop Gal

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More Quilts in the Wild

Posted on September 24, 2015 by katyquilts

Here are some more quilts that I saw while visiting antique shops with my hubby. Again, none of these made the trip home. This double wedding ring has been loved to death!

This cactus basket was only slightly less worn. I love the green of the baskets.

This was a neat bow tie variation.

Love this block.

This next one is my favorite.

How do you like this pieced back?

Another bow tie with great fabrics.

Snowball.

Economy block. We also found a couple toy sewing machines but they were trop cher for the condition.

I did bring home a set of 8 shoo fly blocks.

The picture of the striped block shows the truest color for the background.

Have a wonderful day!

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WIP Wednesday

Posted on September 23, 2015 by katyquilts

So glad you all enjoyed a peak at my visit to Missouri Star Quilt Company! Here are my WIPs for the week. First, I finished Step 2 of the Humble Quilts QAL and am anxiously awaiting the final installment.

I really like this block! The fabrics here all came from Homestead Hearth scrap packs that I showed las week.

I have also put in lots of time on the drapes for church this week.

Not so interesting to look at right now! I want to get these finished before work today so I can get back to more quilty projects. Like this Quilt of Valor for the Stitching Sisters group. You can’t tell, but this is a Carpenter’s Star on the frame.

I have three other QOVs done and one more after this one to do for this month. I will be picking up some tops to quilt for our local women’s shelter this week so I want the QOVs done by Friday.

Linking up with Freshly Pieced, Sew Fresh Quilts

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Missouri Star Quilt Company, Hamilton, Missouri

Posted on September 22, 2015 by katyquilts

One of the places we visited while on our trip was Missouri Star Quilt Company. If you have never been there, it is worth the trip! They even have a visitor’s guide so you don’t miss any of the shops! We actually went twice, once on the way to our destination and once on the way home! This was the daily deal the first time we went.

These FQ bundles came from the Mercantile shop, it is filled with reproduction fabric.

Hubby picked up these layer cake bundles, that man can shop for fabric! This was the daily deal the second time we stopped. These came from the Licensed to Sew shop.I am going to try to work some of these into my Brinton Hall quilt.

Loved this bundle of 10 inch squares I found in the main shop.
Here is hubby walking out of the main shop with his purchases. He surprised me with this Missouri Star mug.

And yes, I saw Jenny….sort of!This is the inside of the Penney’s Quilt Shop.
I loved this quilt on the wall there. These are new murals since we were there last summer. Everyone is so very friendly there! I hope they have a wonderful daily deal on the day you visit!

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on September 21, 2015 by katyquilts

I hope you all had a great weekend! Thank you for all of your lovey comments on my Scrappy Lattice quilt that I showed on Friday. You are all so kind and generous with your comments! This is what is on my design wall today:

I have more pieces to make more blocks also.

I would like to finish piecing the rest of the blocks today. But first, I have to finish these:

These are drapes to go on the stage at church. I have 8 panels to make today and 4 already done. Then I can sew my projects. I have another QOV in the frame and I need to figure out how to quilt it.

Isn’t it beautiful? It was made by one of our talented toppers in the Stitching Sisters QOV group. I have chosen Glide thread in “Sand” to quilt it.

The next step for the Humble Quilts QAL comes out today also. So many projects, so little time!

Our local antique festival was this past weekend. It wasn’t as much fun without Mr. Wonderful. I did find a few more pieces of enamelware.

And this lovely 1930’s quilt block.

Linking up with Cooking Up Quilts, Patchwork Times

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on September 20, 2015 by katyquilts

Good Morning! Hubby is off on another trip to the other side of the world. I thought I would get lots of sewing done after work yesterday but I didn’t get as far as I had hoped. Some days, it is one step forward and two steps back. Today will be busy as well but I am already looking forward to putting my feet up tonight and working on my Brinton Hall quilt.

I have more hexies basted and ready!

I brought this book home from work yesterday.

It looks to be a really good one. I love so many of the quilts in here. My only beef is that the blocks have very strange sizes. I get that she wanted to mimic the originals, but a block that finishes at 5 1/4 inches? A sawtooth star that finishes at 7 inches? I am willing to adjust to make life easier on myself!
I am working on QOVs again this week and hope to get another off the frame today and the next one loaded.

Happy Sunday! I hope you get some slow stitching in. See what others are slow stitching today over at Kathy’s Quilts

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Hunter Heirloom Quilting, Warrensburg, Missouri

Posted on September 19, 2015 by katyquilts

Here’s a look at another quilt shop we visited on our trip. This is a really nice shop combined with an Innova dealership. The staff here are wonderful. Their prices are reasonable and they have long arm supplies.

I was really glad we took the truck on our trip as I came home with two rolls of batting!

This is Pellon Legacy 80/20 and a roll of Pellon Poly. I just couldn’t pass them up for the price.

I also picked up a few FQs from the clearance bin.

My sweet MIL picked up this lovely fabric for me along with this charm pack.

This is the second time I have visited this shop while visiting our family. If you are in the area, it is worth the stop.

Happy Saturday!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ The Lattice Quilt

Posted on September 18, 2015 by katyquilts

I’m so happy to have this one finished! I do love scrappy quilts!

You may remember that I started this one back in July when I was cleaning up my Denyse Schmidt scraps.

I wanted to custom quilt this one but I didn’t want something as labor intensive as the Little Sister quilt. Some easy feathers in the white space seemed to fit the bill.

Looking at these pictures in the sunshine, I can see that I used more than one brand of white fabric in the white triangles. That happens when you use scraps. I quilted the ribbon candy design in the scrappy areas. Good thing these are busy bits because I clearly need a lot of practice with this design. This was my first time using it.

I went with a solid white backing.

Looks like some of those flower petals got a bit squished too!

I used Glide thread and Pellon Legacy 80/20 batting. These pictures were taken before washing. I will post comparison pictures at a later date. I don’t feel like washing this one just yet.

Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Crazy Mom Quilts, Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing, Quilt Shop Gal, Sew Can She

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Throwback Thursday

Posted on September 17, 2015 by katyquilts

A friend of mine recently let me know about a toy sewing machine I might be interested in that would be for sale. Another friend hand carried it to me. And here it is!

Isn’t it beautiful?

Thanks, Terri! I just love it! And I’ll think of you and Lynn every time I look at it!

BTW, that pink quilt top was purchased at a local antique fair a few years ago. I am generally not a pink girl, but I do love old double pink fabrics. In fact, here is a pink and brown quilt I made about ten years ago.

I quilted this on the Bernina 155 that I had at the time. I had purchased it used with money I had earned working tax season that year. I had always heard how great these were for free motion quilting. This was the first (only?) quilt that I free motion quilted on it. Frankly, it wasn’t any better than my 1955 Singer 201 for free motion work. I did use that machine for straight line quilting until I bought an older Bernina, my 1030. The 155 ended up doing closet time until I sold it last year. More expensive machines are not necessarily better.

Unless you are talking about my long arm. Worth every single penny.

Linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation and Throwback Thursday at Krista Quilts

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Work in Progress Wednesday

Posted on September 16, 2015 by katyquilts

I finally came up with a plan for Sister Quilt 2.

I played around on EQ7 until I had this.

That white space is where the tree will go. This is turning out to be quite busy and the tree gives a resting place for the eye.

After making some blocks, I started putting them up on the wall.

Not loving it at this point. The lights are too busy even after editing some out. I decided to keep going and see how the tree would look after the panel was trimmed.