KatyQuilts

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.

I made some sewing progress yesterday but not as much as I would have liked. Do we ever? I got this top done except for borders:

If I add borders, I can get it up to twin size. This is what is currently needed at our local women’s shelter.

I also finished my blocks for the exchange.

And I worked on my Bargello quilt.

I started the quilting and quickly decided I didn’t like it. But I didn’t like this quilt enough to rip out the stitching and start again so I carried on. Blech. It’s okay. Just okay. Now I am trying to find a binding so I can call it done and put it away.

I also managed to get my laundry done, dinner made, and a bit of housekeeping taken care of.

Today I hope to get the little bargello beast bound before work. Linking up with Connie at Free Motion By the River for Linky Tuesday.

Good Morning! Yesterday was every bit as full as I expected it to be but I was able to get a surprising amount done around the house, at work, and in the sewing room. I chalk it all up to Gods grace!

I won’t bore you with my household/work accomplishments! I got this quilt top pieced by Mama Mim in the frame.

And got it half quilted after work last night.

It is difficult to see in the picture above but I am quilting freehand swirls with feathers. I am using Omni thread in Maple on the top and Premosoft from Glide in the bottom. I had to move up to a size 18 needle to avoid thread shred.

Remember the square in a square patterns I printed yesterday? While digging out scraps to make my blocks, I came across some patterns I printed years ago and decided to use those instead.

How fun are these? I actually have 6 now. I’m not sure how I will set these yet.

Another full day is ahead of me so I better get ready for it. I am linking up with Lee for WIP Wednesday and Lorna for Let’s Bee Sewcial.