KatyQuilts

January Wrap-Up

Posted on February 4, 2014 by katyquilts

Thanks for all the love on my hexie quilt yesterday! I had a number of questions regarding construction so I have decided to do a tutorial post on it. I will wok on that today and post it tomorrow. Hopefully that will answer all the questions regarding dies etc.

In the mean time, I decided to do a monthly wrap-up as an easy way for me to keep track of my finishes through the year. I finished several UFOs this month, including my Farmer’s Wife quilt which was two years on the making.

This Tree Everlasting quilt was started and finished in January. I am particularly happy with the machine quilting on this one, a combination of ruler work, freehand, and a pantograph. It will be a QOV.

The blocks for this cross quilt were made last fall and it was completed and gifted this month.

Mr. Wonderful bought me this vintage Boston Commons quilt for Christmas. It was someone’s UFO for many years! Now it is on my bed.

This Bear Paw is my January challenge quilt for the SQT group. It is made from vintage fabrics.

This is from signature swap done last year in the SQT group.

Also from an SQT swap.

Another QOV.

February is a big month for me with grandbaby #1 due any time! I will be heading down to Arizona, although I am not sure exactly when yet. Here are my goals for the month:

1. Finish the two QOVs in progress.

2. Finish my calendar quilt.

3. Stroller blanket for GB #1

4. SQT Challenge

5. Finish the Midwinter Blues QAL with Lori at Humble Quilts.

6. DS Hexie Quilt in progress.

7. Clean all my closets and cupboards. I know, not a sewing goal but I am making myself organize something every day before I sew.

Come back tomorrow for the hexie tutorial. I am linking up with Connie today at Free Motion by the River.

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on February 3, 2014 by katyquilts

It’s Monday again. What is on your design wall? I am a little tired of red, white and blue right now and VERY ready for spring. I decided some Denyse Schmidt might be just the ticket. So I pulled out these bits that I cut out a while back.

I cut these with my studio cutter. I put on an audio book and started piecing the triangles to the hexies.

I am loving this so much, I am tempted to pull out all of my DS stash and cut enough to make this big enough for my bed!

Go visit Judy at Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.

Happy Monday!

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QOV Sew Day Part 2

Posted on February 2, 2014 by katyquilts

Saturday was the National QOV Sew Day. I had to work but I made up for lost sewing time by starting my blocks last week and sewing most of the day Sunday. I was able to finish two 16 patch tops. One got quilted.

I used a panto from Urban Elementz called Cool Beans. I hope to get this bound tomorrow and the next one loaded in the frame.

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Quilt of Valor Sew Day!

Posted on February 1, 2014 by katyquilts

Today’s the day! What are you working on?

Happy sewing!

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Midwinter Blues Part 2

Posted on January 31, 2014 by katyquilts

Lori at Humble Quilts posted Part 2 of the QAL yesterday. You can find it here. And here is where I am at so far:

The name of this QAL is SO appropriate! We have been blasted with cold and snow this winter and they say two more big storms are headed our way. Yikes! I will go out to work but the rest of the time, I am staying in to sew!

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Finish it up Friday!

Posted on January 31, 2014 by katyquilts

I finished another QOV this week!

I also received the kit in the mail for the Quilting Treasures QOV Challenge for the HMQS show in Utah this spring. These are the fabrics:

This is my favorite of the group.

The red fabric looks quite pink to me, not a real fan of that one. You can see the quilt I made for last years challenge here.

Saturday is a national sew day for Quilts of Valor. We are nearing the 100,000 mark for quilts presented. If you are interested in participating. See qovf.org for more info. I am working part of the day but I will be sewing the rest of the day!

I am linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday and Sarah At Confessions of a Fabric Addict for:

And just for fun….

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Feather Practice

Posted on January 30, 2014 by katyquilts

I took a Craftsy class by Angela Walters this week called Free Motion Feathers. She is a great teacher and I learned a lot. I need lots of practice! I had extra backing and batting at the end of the last QOV that I quilted so it was a perfect time for a little practice. I used cream thread on black fabric and two layers of batting. Here are some pics of my doodling.

Clearly, I do not spend enough time just doodling and playing with FMQ! Up close, this looks awful, from a distance not so bad. It would be better with matching thread to hide all my oopsies. I want to master feathers but I need to take the time to practice if I am ever going to get there. If I wanted you all to think I was a master quilter, I wouldn’t share these pictures! But this blog is about the good, the bad, and the ugly of my quilting journey so there it is.

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

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Work in Progress Wednesday!

Posted on January 29, 2014 by katyquilts

I got up early yesterday and got my last QOV in the frame and managed to get it quilted before work.

It’s a bit hard to see the pantograph in this picture.

You can see it better on the back.

I can’t wait to see it washed up! I hope to get it bound before work tomorrow.

I didn’t make any progress on my 16 patches but there is always tomorrow, right?

I am linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday.

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Happy Tuesday!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by katyquilts

Well I didn’t get much sewing done during the day yesterday as I ended up going in to work. But I made up for it last night.

I actually have 20 blocks finished and another 8 more are well on the way.

I have never watched Bonnie Hunter’s quilt cam until last night and hadn’t intended to then. I was ready to go to bed but decided to check blogs first. I saw on Bonnie’s blog, Quiltville, that she was hosting her quilt cam and I decided to watch a bit to see what all the fuss was about. It was actually quite fun to see what she was working in and hear little tips and tricks along the way.

I guess it is a bit like having the radio on in the background except that it is all quilt chat. I ended up staying up much later than I planned but I got a lot of sewing done. Thanks Bonnie!

We had a little low key birthday party for Daughter #3 last night. Guess who came to the party?

I am linking up with Connie for Linky Tuesday.

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on January 27, 2014 by katyquilts

Once again it is time to see what everyone in the blogosphere has on their design walls! Check out Patchwork Times to see what others have up. I have the start of another Quilt of Valor on mine.

I have more strips cut and ready to sew today.