KatyQuilts

I mentioned the other day that I am taking part in the Feather QAL hosted by Amy over at 13 Spools. I am reviewing the lessons from Angela Walters’ Craftsy class Free Motion Quilting Feathers. Here are some of my practice bits.

You can see that I am using up a lot of scraps of fabric and batting, just stitching the pieces down as I go.

I am always in such a hurry to get things done. I need to spend more time playing. It is fun!

Also, I had a question asking if I use Red Snappers. No, but I have created a similar loading system for my long arm using some inexpensive tubing and rope light tracks from Home Depot. You can go to this post to see the details.

Linking up with Gemma at Pretty Bobbins for IQuilt.

That’s what I will be doing today! Here is the state of my binding project:

My laundry didn’t get done either. And we had leftovers for dinner. My excuse?

Babies don’t keep!

I did manage to turn this pile:

Into this:

I think I will just quilt and bind this. The flower part was the pattern for a Small Quilt Challenge back in May so I am going to call this my May challenge quilt.

Amy at 13 Spools blog is hosting a Feather QAL. The idea is to take what you have read/learned about free motion quilting feathers and actually put it into practice. This is definitely something I need to do. I love feathers! But I need practice and this might be the kick in the pants I need. I loaded some junk fabric on the frame and I intend to use up bits of batting scraps.

I took an Angela Walters Craftsy class on Free Motion Quilting on Feathers a while back. I hope to review the lessons and start using them.

Time to start that laundry before work! Linking up with Free a Motion By the River for Linky Tuesday.

I finished the quilt for the shelter and dropped it off for binding yesterday. While I was there, I picked up another one to quilt. Herd is the finished quilt.

And here is the next one.

Happy Saturday!

I finished the binding on my Bargello quilt and will share the whole thing tomorrow. I tried the Sharon Schamber binding method again and was quite pleased with how it turned out.

I also finished my curtain project for church.

Not much to look at, is it? LOL

And last night I went to the local guild meeting. I turned in my swap blocks and got the pattern for the next round due in January. I also picked up a twin sized quilt top, batting, and backing to quilt for the local shelter.

Isn’t it lovely? I hope to get this loaded and start quilting after work today.

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday.

Kathie at Inspired by Antique Quilts shared recently about this great mini template set.

Here is the bottom of my invoice showing the details and total with shipping.

They are designed to be used with 2.5 inch strips.

And now for my public service announcement. If you have a die cutter, be mindful how you pick up the dies themselves. The blades are sharp!

Yeah, I know, this doesn’t look bad. I thought I would save you the bloody shot. It is a clean cut but fairly deep. Just be careful. We don’t want blood on our fabric!

It appears I have gotten past the current posting bug. I’m still waiting on an update for my iOS update! Have a great day.

I not only chose the border for this quilt, I got it cut and sewn on! The step I usually procrastinate about!

I even got the binding made.

I normally blog from my ipad but WordPress is giving me fits today. It might be the latest ios update which has been really driving me nuts. I hope they get the bugs worked out soon!

Working on a fix…while linking up with Lee for WIP Wednesday.