KatyQuilts

Instagram has gotten huge over the last few years. I started using it because one of my kids was not on Face Book and it was a way to further keep in touch. I enjoy seeing snap shots of my kids’ days. Occasionally I posted quilt pictures but not often. Eventually I made my profile private since it was pretty much all stuff I only wanted to share with my family.

Daughter #2 suggested I start another account just for quilting. And so I have! If you are interested in following me on Instagram, you can look for me there as katyquilts. You can also check out the people I follow there. I so enjoy seeing glimpses of the works in progress of so many creative souls!

I finished my hexie quilt binding late last night. Just under the wire for my Quarter 2 FAL goal! It was too late for pictures so I will share that finish later this week.

I hand appliquéd one leaf/pumpkin seed last night before I fell into bed.

Did I mention before that I am not a big fan of appliqué? Love how it looks, but actually doing it……hmmmmm. Anyway, I am going to trudge along and prepare a few more blocks be fore I make a final decision on these.

Daughter #2 and her SO arrive today and will be staying until Saturday. I can’t wait to see her!

Linking up with Connie at Free Motion By the River for Linky Tuesday..

Not exactly on the wall but still designing…on the frame, I am working out quilting designs for this:

And on the table, I am working on this:

We have a road trip coming up and I will bring my hexies but I wanted something else for a change of pace.

I am using this die to cut my leaf shapes out of freezer paper.

I cut the muslin squares at 4.5″. I am going to try one today before I go too crazy cutting!

Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times for DWM.

I finished quilting my DS hexie quilt and hope to finish the hand sewing in the binding today.

I ended up going with the medium blue print and I am really happy with it. I do appreciate all of your input. It was interesting to read different perspectives on it!

I quilted this with a panto from Urban Elementz called Dizzy Izzy. It made me a little crazy!

This was the most difficult panto I have ever done. It was critical to be accurate in order to have even spacing. My accuracy is definitely lacking! Hopefully, when it is all washed, it will be less noticeable. I do love the texture it gives.

I didn’t pay a lot of attention when I ordered this and it is really too wide for my 18″ machine. By the time I had done 4 rows, I was out of room. The 5th row was only a half row (I loaded the top sideways) and if it hadn’t been, I wouldn’t have been able to quilt the whole width of the row.

I have been busy cleaning and finishing up little projects around the house before Daughter #2 comes home on Tuesday. I can’t wait!

Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday.

I felt so productive yesterday morning. I got some housework done and the borders on my DS hexie quilt. Last night, I decided I need to take those borders off.

Love this fabric, not so much as a border for this quilt.

Way too bright and overpowering. Sigh…..

I was so hoping to start quilting it this afternoon. Instead I will be removing this border and putting on something else. I have the backing and batting loaded on the frame. Maybe that will motivate me to forge ahead.

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

While trying to decide how to quilt the rainbow strip quilt, I pulled out another item from my FAL 2014 list.

I cannot remember for sure how long ago I made these blocks but it had to be at least 15 years. They are not as well pieced as I remembered either! I do think they deserve to be finished though. I was just going to use muslin for the setting triangles but can’t find an exact match in my stash. So I started considering some other options.

Hmmm….. Not sure yet what to do. I would like to get this top finished this week. Not sure how to quilt this either.

I am getting a clearer idea of how to finish another item off my FAL list, my DS hexie top.

Since I know where I want to go with this, I may switch gears and go back to this project.

Linking up with Lee at Freshly a Pieced for WIP Wednesday.

I had a wonderful morning yesterday having coffee and a catch-up with a friend. I got to see her current quilty projects and stitch a bit on my hexie quilt. She even left me a quilt top she made for a soon to arrive grand baby to quilt. I spent the afternoon quilting it and love how it turned out. Here is a sneak peak:

Last night I got my rainbow strip quilt top together. Sorry for the terrible picture. I need to work on a photography set up in my new space.

One week from today, Daughter #2 will be home for a visit. I can’t wait! I have lots if housework to get caught up on in the mean time. Let’s see how much I can get done before work today!

Linking up with Connie at Free Morion by the River for Linky Tuesday and I Have To Say for Show and Tell Tuesday.

Wow! This weekend flew by! I spent a bit of time playing with the strips I pieced last week. First I tried this:

Nope. I might okay with this idea more but the strip sets need to be much closer together. I also tried this:

Not much different than what I showed last week but I am liking this. I hope to play a bit more with this today.

I also practiced a bit more with my long arm.

I spent some time with this little man:

And enjoyed some family time around the fire.

What’s on your design wall today? Linking up with Judy at Patchwork stone for DWM.

Yesterday I made a few receiving blankets for Baby E as the ones he received as shower gifts were too small! Last night I had time to work on my own projects and felt a bit stymied as to what to work on. My sewing room is almost too clean! I spied a rainbow of fabrics I had dyed a couple years ago and went to work.

Not sure where this is going yet. It sure is bright!

I also loaded some fabric onto the frame for some quilting practice. I feel so rusty after 6 weeks of not quilting.

I was feeling more comfortable by the time I got to this. And then this happened:

I love Glide thread and it is sad to finish a cone of it! Glad I had its replacement in stand by.

One of the little projects I was really happy about in my new sewing room, was the solution for dealing with the long arm cords. I hate having cords out when they are not being used. I always unplug my long arm. So this is what I did:

See the surge suppressor cord coming
out of the cabinet? It actually plugs in here:

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