KatyQuilts

Such a great day!

Posted on December 17, 2013 by katyquilts

I had such a good day yesterday! First of all, it was the day to open our Secret Santa Swap gifts from the SSS on the Small Quilt Talk Yahoo group. Ann from Florida had my name and I had hers. She sent me the loveliest sewing kit! It is seriously beautiful!

Isn’t it amazing? I think I will get out some hexies so I can use this. It sure beats my plastic pencil box!

Hubby, Daughter #1 and I had a great time shopping at Ikea also. I wanted to find some storage units for under my long arm frame. I wanted some place to put finished quilts before they went to their new homes. The units I thought I would buy were 2″ too long. Hubby thought he could modify them but I decided to keep looking. Daughter found some perfect units in the closet organizer area. They cost more than I planned to spend but they are so much nicer.

They fit perfectly!

Great pantograph storage.

And quilts.

And I still have empty drawers!

There is also room for storage on top of the cabinets. I love how much neater this all looks now. I still have three plastic storage drawer sets for thread and templates but all the broken mismatched ones are gone.

I feel blessed!

Linking up with Connie for:

Posted in Sewing Room Pics, Small Quilt Talk Group, Storage, Swaps, Thankfulness, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Design Wall Monday

Posted on December 16, 2013 by katyquilts

Well, everyone said to go with the narrow sashing and I agreed! I got all the sashing and cornerstones cut and have some sewn to blocks.

I am really happy with it so far. I need to choose a fabric for setting triangles. I would like to use a shirting fabric but I will have to see what I have. Maybe this one:

I think I have enough. No idea yet what I will use for a border fabric.

I am already thinking about quilting thread. Monopoly seems a good choice but possibly Superior SewFine in an off white. Or Premosoft. I just got some and haven’t tried it yet. It is recommended by Kimmy Brunner, one of my long arm heroes.

Today, I am off to Ikea with hubby and Daughter #1 so I don’t know how much of this will get done.

You just never know!

I am linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times for DWM and Lee for WIP Wednesday.

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Design Wall Monday, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

The REAL Studio Tour – Storage

Posted on December 15, 2013 by katyquilts

Vicki at Field Trips in Fiber has been hosting a REAL studio tour link up. This week she asked and shared her ideas for storage. My favorite storage containers are vintage enamelware containers like this:

I collect all shapes and sizes but prefer the rectangular ones with lids.

I have a white cabinet where I store my studio dies.

The milk crate in there really helps. I need to add another for smaller dies. And this is how I store most of my fabric.

What a mess!

Check out the links at Vicki’s for some great storage ideas.

Posted in Accuquilt Studio Cutter, Sewing Room Pics, Storage, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Farmer’s Wife!

Posted on December 15, 2013 by katyquilts

I am finally going to make something for me. Instead of working on the Kansas Troubles blocks, I decided to pull out a UFO. Daughter #1 bought me the Farmer’s Wife book for Christmas 2 years ago. I never intended to make all the blocks. I want to hang this in my front hall and that would be way to big. I made 62 blocks and stopped there. Sure wish I could remember how I was going to lay it out!

I do know that I am going to use sashing and cornerstones. Trying to decide between 1″ finished and 1 1/2″ finished sashing.

I am leaning toward the narrower sashing. What do you think?

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Another finish!

Posted on December 14, 2013 by katyquilts

I got one more finish in last night before bed! It was a productive day. After I finished at sawtooth star baby quilt, I finished piecing the confetti quilt top and got it loaded on the frame.

I am using another new panto from Urban Elementz called Loop the Loop.

Here it is washed and bound.

And a couple detail shots:

This will be for Daughter #1 for Christmas. Hope she likes it!

Have a great day!

Posted in Fresh Modern Quilts, Machine quilting, Modern Quilts, Pantographs, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Finish it up Friday!

Posted on December 13, 2013 by katyquilts

I finished this baby quilt this morning.

I used a panto called Amaze Me. It was fun and quick.

Here are some close ups after washing:

I am linking up with Michelle at Michelle’s Romantic Tangle for Let’s Make Baby Quilts.

Also linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it Up Friday.

Posted in Baby Quilts, Modern Quilts, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Finally Friday!

Posted on December 13, 2013 by katyquilts

Finally!

Finally, I was able to start quilting this:

With this:

Because I finally got this:

My Urban Elementz order!

And I got some more work done on this:

I want to get it done so I can try out another new panto.

Also, Daughter #2 got her plane ticket so I can finally do this:

Yeah, I count down the days until I can see my kids!

I have the day off so I plan to get LOTS done today.

BTW, I am linking up with Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for:

Finally!

Posted in Fresh Modern Quilts, Pantographs, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Progress

Posted on December 12, 2013 by katyquilts

After my reverse sewing episode, I did make progress yesterday.

This is the top half of the quilt. I still need to finish piecing the blocks for the bottom half. I hope to get that done after work today.

I ordered QOV labels from Spoonflower and they arrived today.

I am not sure if I am supposed to prewash these or not.

No quilting progress on the stars baby quilt that I loaded onto the frame earlier this week. I ordered some new pantos from Urban Elementz and they haven’t arrived yet. Maybe today!

Make it a good one!

BTW, I am linking up with Kelly for Needle and Thread Thursday.

Posted in Fresh Modern Quilts, Modern Quilts, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Grrrr!!!!!

Posted on December 11, 2013 by katyquilts

I was making great progress this morning; but now…

Yeah, that happened. Eight times it happened! I will show you the problem.

Not supposed to be mirror images. It might not seem to matter in a block like this:

However, it can really mess up your pressing sequence. If I make all the blocks the same way, I have a lot less seams to match.

All the offending units have now been ripped and resewn.

But not without a few grumbles….

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Work in Progress Wednesday

Posted on December 11, 2013 by katyquilts

Guess what? I changed my mind again! Back to the original plan.

I think I like the look of the randomly scattered triangles. It reminds me of confetti. The person I have in mind to give this to has a dog so while I would prefer a crisp white background, the Gray is more practical for a couch quilt.

I made a dog quilt for Daughter #2 back when she was about 7 or 8. She is now 22. She sent me this picture yesterday of her dog snuggling up in said quilt.

What a pampered pooch!

I am linking up with Lee for WIP Wednesday.

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