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Slow Stitching Sunday-The Late Edition!

Posted on May 11, 2014 by katyquilts

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day! I sure did. But first, I managed to add another row and a half to my hexie quilt this weekend.

Amazing how much progress you can make while watching a few movies!

My family spoiled me rotten this weekend! I got flowers.

A new purse.

A lovely wreath.

This beautiful Wiilowtree figure:

And a JoAnns gift card!

Am I spoiled or what?

Best of all, I got to spend time with all of my kids, some via FaceTime, like this little man.
He is listening very intently to grandma here!

Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday.

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Hand piecing, Hexagons, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 11, 2014 by katyquilts

I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend and for all of you mothers out there, I hope you get to see your kids. Being a mom has been the greatest thing I have ever done. I miss my kids so much! Okay, before I dissolve into tears, here are pictures from a small show that my art quilt group is having at our local township hall. PLEASE DO NOT PIN THESE PHOTOS! The quilts I am sharing are not all mine.

There were many more pieces as well.

I have been making progress on the Quilts Beyond Borders quilts.

I am hoping the weather will cooperate and I can get some good pictures outside today.

Have a wonderful day!

Posted in Art Quilts, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Treasure hunt!

Posted on May 10, 2014 by katyquilts

Daughter #1 and I went to an estate sale yesterday. What treasures this house held! Lovely antique beds, dressers, glassware. But I went for the quilts. It was the second day of the sale so everything was half off. Here is my first treasure, a crazy quilt for a doll! Here is the front:

And here is the back:

How awesome is that? I paid a whole $2.50 for this treasure!

I also bought 5 quilt books, a vintage quilt top, and a full size quilt. They deserve their own posts and that will happen as soon as I get some good pictures taken.

I am still working on quilts for Quilts Beyond Borders and should have a couple to share with you tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day!

Posted in Doll Quilts, Uncategorized, Vintage Quilts | 2 Comments

Quarter 2 FAL 2014 Finish!

Posted on May 9, 2014 by katyquilts

This little quilt was on my list of things to finish this quarter (original list can be found here) and I am happy to say it is done.

I had fun playing with free motion designs.

The good, bad, and ugly all show up on the back!

This will end up going to Quilts Beyond Borders.

Here is a sneak peak at the quilting in the album quilt.

I hope to get the quilting on that finished today and the binding made.

Linking up with Amanda at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday ,Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I get a Whoop Whoop?, Richard and Tanya Quilts for Link a Finish Friday, and Quilt matters for TGIFF.

Aldo linking up with Katy at the Littlest Thistle for the Q2 FAL Linky Party.

Posted in Baby Quilts, FAL 2014, Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Machine quilting, Quilts Beyond Borders, Uncategorized | 16 Comments

Such a good day…

Posted on May 8, 2014 by katyquilts

I got off work at 1:00 and the weather was glorious!

I didn’t even mind finding this in the yard:

Look at that green grass! This was waiting for me:

The roll I got yesterday was Hobbs 80/20. This is Hobbs Polydown.

I got this loaded into the frame (please excuse the mess in the background!):

Daughter #3 made a delicious chicken dish for dinner.

And I got to Face Time with this little man.

Now that was a darn good day!

This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it. (Psalms 118:24 NET)

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A new project!

Posted on May 8, 2014 by katyquilts

I have had these lovely fabrics hanging around for a while now and this morning, inspiration hit!

So I dug out these dies…..

…..and started cutting.

I love precuts but hate the pinked edges so I usually cut them down. I’m okay with this bit of waste. This is what I have left after cutting charm squares into 3″ finished HSTs.

The bits on the left get pitched. The bits on the right are for tiny paper pieced log cabin blocks. Before I knew it, I had everything cut and ready to piece!

And I even got a couple blocks pieced before work.

And I played around with some ideas for setting them.

So apparently, running out of batting is inspirational!

Happily, I came home to this:

Woo hoo! Thank you, Jesus!

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

Posted in Accuquilt Studio Cutter, Civil War Repro Quilts | 7 Comments

Work in Progress Wednesday

Posted on May 7, 2014 by katyquilts

My work in progress for today is another quilt for Quilts Beyond Borders.

Quilting these tops is a great way to try out different designs and techniques while creating something that will bless someone else. Here is the quilt I finished for QBB yesterday.

I quilted the bottom rows to look like grass, the next two flowers, the next two like meandering butterfly trails, and the too rows like wind. I hope the child that receives this will love it.

Sadly, I am at a standstill after the current quilt is finished because if this:

Yikes! I am out of batting! I ordered two rolls last week. I sure hope they get here today!

In the mean time, I just may have to start something new…

I am linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIPWednesday and Let’s Bee Sewcial at Sew Fresh Quilts

Posted in Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Quilts Beyond Borders | 6 Comments

Finally!

Posted on May 6, 2014 by katyquilts

I finished the album quilt top yesterday!

I am SO glad to be done with this top. It is a big one! Right now, it measure about 96″ x 106.” I have batting ordered. I hope it gets here soon! I am not sure how I will quilt this. I originally thought I would custom quilt it, but now I am leaning toward using this panto from Urban Elementz.

I also had a big box of goodness delivered to my doorstep yesterday in the form of 10 kits for Quilts Beyond Borders. I got the first top loaded, quilted, and bound last night. You can learn more about Quilts Beyond Borders here.

I used another Urban Elementz panto called Yodel. The next one is loaded and ready for quilting this morning before work.

I am linking up with Connie at Free Motion by the River for Linky Tuesday and I have to Say for Show and Tell Tuesday.

Posted in Bed Quilts, Pantographs, Quilts Beyond Borders, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Design Wall Oops!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by katyquilts

The May challenge for the Small Quilt Talk group has been issued, a sweet little 6″ flower block made with snowball blocks. I wanted smaller blocks, like 4″. I failed to resize my corner triangles and got this:

Um, yeah, not at all what I was looking for. Click here to see what this is supposed to look like.

Need more coffee….

I did finish quilting this quilt.

And I had a bit of batting leftover for practice.

Then I changed thread color and started over on the same piece.

Not pretty but a good way to save on materials when practicing.

Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday and Heather at Bobbins and Bullets for Anything Goes Monday.

Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Fast and Slow

Posted on May 4, 2014 by katyquilts

That sums up my sewing goals for today.

I worked on my hexies last night and hope to do more today.
I also added borders and got this top loaded into the frame. Still pondering quilting designs but I want to get this quilted today also. It shouldn’t take long once I get started.

All of that has been helping me to avoid this:

I did make progress. I now have all the blocks, sashing, and cornerstones together. And I remembered a piece if Kansas Troubles fabric from another line that I had in my stash. If you remember, I realized I had not purchased enough for the borders and this is an older fabric line that is no longer available. I didn’t want to buy any more fabric for this quilt anyway. I am trying to decide if this morning glory print works.

I have plenty of this print. The colors are a good match except that this border introduces a bit of dark blue. I think I like it better with an inner border of this red.

I have to make a decision on this really soon if I am going to make my self imposed deadline. I am also thinking about how I will quilt this. It might end up with a panto.

These are words I am pondering today:
As you share your faith with others, I pray they may come to know all the blessings Christ has given us. My friend, your love has made me happy and has greatly encouraged me. It has also cheered the hearts of God’s people. (Philemon 1:6, 7 CEVDCUS06)

I want to be that person, the one others can look at and understand God’s blessings, the one that cheers the hearts of God’s people.

Linking up with Kathy Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday.

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