KatyQuilts

Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 11, 2015 by katyquilts

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Work in Progress Wednesday

Posted on November 11, 2015 by katyquilts

Not much sewing progress around here this week. I did have some questions regarding my stars the other day. The fabric line is Shenandoah by Windham Fabrics. I started these blocks last winter but got sick of them and put them away in the spring. As of now, I have 82 blocks done.

And 13 more cut and kitted up.

Um….13…..95 blocks? Pretty sure I was planning to make 96 blocks. Hmmmm…. Anyway I am closer to being done.

I did get started on the curtains. The top casings are done but I am procrastinating for sure.

Have a great day!

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on November 9, 2015 by katyquilts

I hope you all had a great weekend. I attended a small shower for Daughter #1 on Saturday and presented her with both quilts for Baby E. She loved them! I have already shared the Dino quilt with you and Friday I will show you the finished shirting quilt.

But this is what is on the design wall today.

I also have most of the top done for the Intrepid Thread challenge .

I may add to this. The rules of the challenge allow me to add some of my own fabrics. I’m thinking I will make it into a pillow. Not my usual thing to sew! But as I have been working on this, I have been contemplating its end use. Each year, I am asked to donate to a local quilt show/sale to raise money for Habitat Humanity. I think this would make a great item to donate.

My big project for this week, though, is this:

These are curtains for Baby E’s room. I will be remaking them and adding some appliqué to match the quilt that I made.

I have lots of housework to do today before I can sew. So I best get to it. I hope you all have a productive day!

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on November 8, 2015 by katyquilts

I’m finally starting to see the other side of this cold. But I haven’t spent much time in the sewing room this week. However, I have gotten some hand sewing done on my Brinton Hall quilt.

I’ve made most of this progress due to the recent discovery of the TV show, Doc Martin. It is a BBC TV series, available on Netflix. I’m not much of a TV watcher but I do like British TV.

It is time for me to start preparing the hexies for the corners. I hope to dig through some scraps for that today.

I received a big envelope of bow tie blocks yesterday from a swap hosted by Barb over at Fun with Barb. Aren’t they lovely?

We woke up to much frost this mornin. The birdbath is now a bird skating rink.

The frost on the grass is so pretty!

Hope you are able to get some slow stitching in today.

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Finish It Up Friday – Dinosaurs!

Posted on November 6, 2015 by katyquilts

Happy Friday, everyone! The Dinosaur quilt for Ezra is done!

This was a really fun quilt to make and it gave me a chance to use both my embroidery machine and my hand dyed fabrics, neither of which get used as much as they should.

Here is a shot of the back. I used Angela Walters’ idea of dot to dot quilting in the hour glass blocks and a simple loopy design in the background of the embroidered/appliqued blocks.

Daughter #1 is very happy with it and that makes me happy too!

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This and That Thursday

Posted on November 5, 2015 by katyquilts

I slept most of the day away yesterday, but it seems to have helped and I am headed back to work today. I do have a few things to show from earlier in the week. While quilting on Monday, I set the embroidery machine to stitch out a few things. I really like this basket of flowers design. I need to some up with an idea to use this now.

I’ve always liked this red work eagle and I think it would look great alternating with a simple 9 patch for a QOV.

And I finally stitched up a few more sawtooth stars. I carried these bits to Wisconsin and back without working on a single one. I got quite a few made in Arizona last February so they are well traveled.

In my day job, I work as a librarian. It is an interesting job and I get to meet such a wide cross section of people. One patron has gotten to be an e-mail pen pal of sorts. She has even loaned books to me! She is sadly losing her sight and I am always on the look out for large print books that she will enjoy. Her husband comes in to pick up books for her so I don’t actually see her often. Tuesday Susanne came in with her husband to see me. She gifted this set of books to me because she can no longer read them.

I feel so honored to have these! But most of all, I am so thankful for her friendship. I was so glad she came in so I could give her a hug in person.

Time to get ready for work. I hope you have a great day.

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Opening a Charm Pack is the Hardest Part….

Posted on November 4, 2015 by katyquilts

So it should be easy from here, right?

I’ve been playing with some ideas for the challenge hosted by Julie at Intrepid Thread.

I’ve come down with a cold so not much actual sewing being done. I may rearrange these a few more times. Or I may just go back to the couch.

Have a great day!

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Vintage Fabric Finds

Posted on November 3, 2015 by katyquilts

Every time I go home and spend time with my sisters, we make a trip to Good Will. We love thrift shopping! Here are some vintage fabrics I found there last week.

I love this border print!

This one looks like it could have been purchased in any online modern quilt shop today!

I love map prints, even if I am not from Illinois!

And this vintage antique shop print was just too fun to leave behind.

This strip will be the perfect backing fabric for the shirting quilt I am making for Baby E.

You just never know what you will find. I am not sure what I will use most of these for yet, but sooner or later, they always get used. The backing fabric for Baby E’s dino quilt came from this same thrift shop a few years ago.

Have you ever bought quilting fabric at a thrift store?

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on November 2, 2015 by katyquilts

I have the shirting quilt loaded on the frame,. Now to decide how to quilt it.

Once again, I’ve been playing with my Adobe Ideas app on my iPad.

These are 8 inch blocks. I really want to get the quilting on this finished today.

I received these in the mail over the weekend:

Julie at Intrepid Thread issued a challenge to make something, anything with these fabrics and post progress shots on Instagram. These are not my normal color choices and I thought this would be a fun little challenge. So I’m going to open that mini charm pack today and start thinking on this.

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on November 1, 2015 by katyquilts

I think I am finally starting to feel rested up from my trip home to see my family. I spent very little time at all sewing while I was gone. I only managed to get a few hexies basted.

That’s it. I added a couple to the center of my Brinton Hall quilt last night and hope to add another hexie medallion to it today.

It was a hard trip in some ways, but quite wonderful in others. My kids and I surprised my parents by having them all show up at their house over the weekend. All my siblings live in Wisconsin, but two of my kids and I live in Michigan and my other kids live in Arizona. It was quite a party! My mom is still in the rehab facility recovering from her knee replacement; happily, she was able to come home during the day on Saturday and Sunday. My dad is currently dealing with chemo. It was tiring for them to have so many of us around at the same time, but also an encouragement for them to see how much they are loved. Little E from Michigan and Little L from Arizona also came so this was one happy Nana! Here are just a few pics from the weekend. Daughters #1, #2, and #3.