KatyQuilts

I hope you all had a great weekend. I sure did! I spent lots of time with family, went to some garage sales with Mr. Wonderful, worked a bit, relaxed by the fire….all good things. Yesterday, I shopped at JoAnn’s for this bit of fabric:

I want to make a small pad and quilt for this:

I picked up this pack and play at a garage sale. It is in great shape and I was quite pleased to find fabric to match it. I hope to find time to work on it today. Hubby and I have decided we must hold a garage sale ourselves this weekend. Our summer is getting away from us and we need a good clear out so that will take up most of my time this week.

Thanks for all the great ideas regarding my vintage top! I pressed it yesterday. It isn’t perfectly flat but somehow, that makes it easier for me to tackle. It makes me feel less like I am ruining it! I really want to keep that zigzag edge. I am thinking about doing a facing after quilting to finish the edge. It is pretty ruffly there so we shall see. I love Baptist fan quilting but I am not sure I could successfully machine quilt that yet. I also love the idea of doing something feathery in the white background areas.

I will definitely take the suggestion of outlining the star pieces, perhaps with a continuous curve. It would be a great chance to practice that and my mistakes aren’t likely to show.

Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday and Sassy Quilter for Anything Goes Monday.

I had the day off yesterday and I did my best to make the most of it. In the morning, I finished quilting my friend’s big quilt. I am really happy with how it turned out. I sure hope she likes it too!

It’s hard to find a place to take a good picture. I I used nearly 2000 yards of Premosoft thread from Fil-Tec on this quilt. It has over 186,000 stitches in the quilting. The panto is called Ground Cover and is available from Urban Elementz.

In the afternoon, I watched Baby E while Daughter #1 had an appointment.
And last night, I made 6 receiving blankets for him. Daughter #1 likes the weight of receiving blankets but Baby E has outgrown all of his. She chose flannel and I served the edges to finish.

Today I am working at the library and tonight I get to watch Baby E again.

I am linking up with Sew Can She for Show It Off Saturday.

I have two projects I am actively working on right now. The first is the big quilt that I showed on the frame yesterday. I got two rows of quilting done on it yesterday.

I am thrilled with how this is turning out! The panto is called Ground Cover and it is from Urban Elementz. I know many people quilt this design with a digital panto and their computerized system. I have a paper panto and do it the old fashioned hand guided way. I am using Premosoft thread from FIL-Tec.

I had so much fun making the little pinwheel quilt the other day that I decided to make another! That one had 3″ blocks and these will be two inches finished.

I am using vintage fabrics for this one also.

I am linking up with Gemma at Pretty Bobbins for IQuilt and Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday.

I am quilting another quilt for my friend. This is a big one for her daughter and son in law. I spent the morning yesterday getting it loaded up on the frame.

I love this maze pattern! Here is a shot of the top before I loaded it.

Isn’t it fabulous? I hope to check thread tension and get this started before work today.

Linking up with Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts for Let’s Bee Sewcial.

Thank you for all your comments on my problem child quilt. I am ready to put this one behind me! I am just struggling now with giving away a quilt I am not happy with. If I step back, it is okay. Up close, I see lots of flaws!

On to other things, I finally started working on my July Small Quilt Challenge for the SQT group.

These blocks will finish at 3 inches. The original challenge pattern had 12 blocks but I am stopping at 6. I am using vintage fabrics for this. I hope to get the top done today.

I have another project on the table today.

This fabric is actually from an IKEA duvet cover. I am making curtains out of it for my daughter’s basement.

Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times for DWMonday.

You’ve heard all week about my current project. Trying to read a pattern, not paying enough attention, too much on my mind, getting bored to tears with it…..

Finally got the blocks together and added scrappy borders to the top and bottom yesterday morning. At 72″ square, it was too big for a lap quilt and too small for a bed. I wanted it bigger so I could give it to the local women’s shelter. I decided to use poly batting since I have a big roll on hand and it is easy care for the recipient.

Gosh, this batting feels thick! I am no expert on poly batting being a cotton girl myself. My las roll was too thin and when I ordered this, I wanted something with a bit more loft.

But not this much.

Good grief, this is not a quilt, it is a comforter! Ugh.

Love the panto I chose but it is too tight for this batt and it doesn’t show anyway.

I had some tension headaches that required ripping and restitching.

I hate this batting. Did I mention that I have a huge roll of it?!?

I waited until all the quilting was done and then ripped and requilted using a big magnet to hold the quilt tight on the frame.

Oh and did I mention that this happened halfway through?

It is off the frame now and trimmed. I will use this for binding and the hand stitching will be my slow stitching this evening.

I hope it is relaxing and not disastrous in any way….not holding my breath.

Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday.