KatyQuilts

Aren’t new jelly rolls the cutest things? 

So beautiful that they can be hard to even open! But I did. 

 This was a gift from Daughter #1. Isn’t it lovely? This is Amy Butler’s Hapi line.  The only downside to precuts to me, are the pinked edges. The strips are 2 1/2 inches wide. But is that measured from outer edge of the pinking to outer edge? Or is it from valley to valley? Or do I use the valley on one side and the peak on the other? 

I decided to use my strip cutter die to remove all doubt. I ironed my strips and stacked them up. I very carefully lay them on the die. 

 See the bits that were shaved off? Now I know to line up my pieces with the outer edge to get a perfect piece.  

 This can get a bit messy but it is worth the effort.  

 So a jelly roll from this manufacturer is a bit wider than 2 1/2 inches. Your mileage may vary. 

One of my personal challenges with precuts is how best to use them without any waste or leftovers. I’ve been playing with some designs in EQ7. 

 I’m still thinking on this. What is your favorite pattern for using jelly rolls?

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation. 

I made 12 more blocks for my City Sampler quilt. Here are a few. 

I decided I should lay them out in color families to make sure I am keeping things balanced. 

Apparently, I am partial to green!  I am rather liking this layout as well.

I pieced the top for my SQT challenge quilt also. 

I hope to get this quilted and the machine stitching for the binding done today.

Linking up with Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday and Sew  Fresh Quilt’s for Let’sBee Sewcial.

It seems most of my posts are random tidbits lately. I work on one project for a bit and then go on to something else. Apparently I have project ADD. Here are some bits I prepared for a new little project. 

This will be for the SQT challenge quilt for April.

I looked back at my goals for the month and that motivated me to get these 6 sawtooth stars done. 

 I am up to 70 now.  

 The box is getting heavy! I think I have 30 to go.

I did get my long arm cleaned and oiled yesterday and did the same to my Featherweight over the weekend. I need to do my Bernina as well.

Daughter #1 is up to her old tricks again! I found this in the diaper bag while watching little man yesterday. 

 She spoils me!  Linking up with Free Motion By the River, Quilt Story,  I Have to Say.

I thought I would republish this Easter post from several years ago (2010, was I really blogging that long ago?). Enjoy! And Happy Easter to all of you,
Katy

Hubby and I did some bumming around yesterday. We stopped in a few antique shops and he bought me this: 

This little gem dates to 1949 and was made by the Betsy Ross Sewing Company in Chicago. Isn’t it cute? It I’d in working condition, just needs a needle. These are heavy, sturdy little machines as they are die cast. I’ve wanted this one for a long time! 

In the afternoon, we colored eggs with the Daughters #1 and 2.  

Of course, this little man came too. 

 I worked this morning, but I plan to finish the quilting on this yet today. 

 Time to get to work! Have a great day! 

I spent the morning before work doing a little bit of everything in the sewing room. I found some scrappy hourglass blocks and pieced them together into a small top. 

I loaded this last QOV. And if it looks familiar, I quilted one by the same topper like this in February.

I made one log cabin block. 12 to go! 

 And I cleaned out a cupboard for my long arm thread since this arrived this week. 

 The top two shelves hold prewounds bobbins. Previously, I had these in plastic drawers. This is much better. It may require tweaking again soon as I plan to place another thread order in a month or so. It is nice to have what you need on hand. As long armers go, my thread stash is still pretty small.

Linking up with My Quilt a Infatuation for NTT.

Daughter #1 bought me this lovely bundle of Betty Dear by Robert Kauffman for Christmas.     

I have an idea of how I want to use these in a lovely bed quilt for summer but am in need of coordinating solids. Anyone have any ideas what Kona solids would coordinate with these? I don’t have a Kona color card. Never thought I needed one! I am looking for a red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, and the background color which appears to be an off white.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

ETA: A very kind commenter, Lynn, alerted me to a Color Matching tool on the equilter.com website. It will only work for fabrics they have in stock but I was able to find most of the Kona solids that I need this way. Thanks, Lynn!