KatyQuilts

I managed one small finish this week. I am happy to have found and finished this UFO. Here is what it looked like when I found it last week.

I took this with me on my trip when I realized with some rearranging that it could be a table runner. I worked on it in the car and made the top version you see below.

I think a table runner should look good from all sides and that version wasn’t symmetrical enough for me. So I took it apart again and came up with the bottom version. I’m still not crazy about it but it is what it is. I layered it with a backing and batting and turned the whole thing pillowcase style. I added minimal quilting with my walking foot and called it done.

That is not enough quilting for me normally but it was all I had energy for this week.

Thanks for all the well wishes. Be careful out there, this flu is a nasty one and you can pick it up pretty much anywhere!

Linking up with  Crazy Mom Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Richard and Tanya Quilts.

……for this.

I felt awful coming home yesterday and a trip to the doctor today confirmed Influenza A. I think hubby has it too. It is highly contagious so I will be out of work for a week. If only I felt good enough to sew. But I don’t.

I did iron the table runner that I took apart and resewed. Here is the before:

And the after:

I am much happier with this arrangement but I am still not in love with it. Maybe I will like it better after quilting.

And now I am gong to lay down again….. I hope all is well in your world.

We are traveling home today but I thought I would post an update on my block a day log cabins as of last Thursday.

I didn’t bring a machine with me so I am now behind. I really don’t mind working ahead but I hate playing catchup. I do have 25 of these blocks that I made a couple years ago so I may just cheat a bit and add a few of those to my stack. They will all end up in the same quilt anyway. I just like to look at the stack and see how many days of winter are behind me!

I will be sewing some more hexies today!

And I will most likely do some slow unstitching as well on this:

Judy left a comment saying, if I was thinking about it, I should do it as it would always bug me. She’s right. I’m going to bite the bullet and to it. Thanks, Judy!

Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday.

Mr. Wonderful and I decided to make a quick trip home to visit my parents this weekend. Since he did all the driving, I enjoyed lots of hand stitching time on the way here!

Before I left, I unearthed yet another UFO. Here it is:

These bits all came from a charm pack but I didn’t have a great plan when I started and couldn’t figure out where to go from here with the limited pieces I had. I realized that with some ripping and rearranging, I could use every piece and end up with a table runner.

As soon as I finished adding the last piece, I wished I had done it differently. I should have had all the light portions of the tumbling blocks pointing outward. It would have looked so much better. Now I need to decide if I rip some more or leave it as is. I hate to throw it back n the UFO bin but I am not sure I like it enough as is to finish it. Ugh.

I also finished the second mitten of the pair that was suppose to be done for a Christmas gift.

I cut some more hexies for my Hexie quilt before I left and got the seams marked as well.

We drove part of the way here on Thursday. Here was the sunrise as we drove over the Mackinaw Bridge on Friday morning.

Have a lovely Saturday!

PS I so appreciate all your lovely comments and read each and very one, but I find it difficult to respond while I am away rom my desktop computer. Thanks for your understanding.

I finished the hand sewing of the binding on this little crib quilt yesterday. These pictures show the quilt after washing.

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

I’ve been wanting to try freehand allover feathers for a while. I decided this envelope top would be a good place to try it out.

I started by drawing a widely spaced meander and then stitching it for the spine.

Then I went back to the beginning and began filling in feathers along one side.

I went back to the beginning again and stitched the feathers along the other side of the stem.

Then I advanced the quilt and stitched the stem again.

The quilting went very fast!

Here is a peak at the back.

This backing fabric has been in my stash for yeas. It was given to me so I really have no idea how old it is. I am going to use this Amy Butler print for the binding. It is also from my stash.

It has been attached by machine and I will do the hand sewing in the car today.

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