Number 1 daughter is getting married in May. I am determined to finish the quilt before the wedding this time! She has seen the fabrics (all Denyse Schmidt from Joann’s) and approved the pattern, simple but very much her style. It will be queen sized. All the blocks are finished and I have begun putting them together. Here is 1/4 of the blocks pieced together:
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I love Kaffe Fassett prints but never really had any of my own until I purchased some charm squares on Etsy. Once I had them, they sat there for ages as I couldn’t decide what to do with them! Finally went with another simple pattern.
I am quite happy with the gray background and navy binding. I recently purchased a bunch of Kaffee fat quarters when I found a good deal on Craftsy so there will be another Kaffe quilt soon….or maybe later!
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This is a quilt I made for the baby of my nephew and his lovely wife last year. The fabrics were hand dyed by me. The color in the detail shot is more accurate. Sometimes, the simple patterns are best!
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Some dear friends of ours recently had another baby boy! With a little Pinterest sleuthing, I was able to determine the colors the happy momma had in mind. I am quite pleased with how this turned out:
The back is a print I got at IKEA a few years ago. I sure wish I had bought every last yard of it! I quilted this in a random grid with little loops thrown in here and there. I am pleased with the quilting though it did require removing the quilt from the frame and reloading it halfway through to get the lines going in the other direction. It was definitely worth the extra work. The quilting lines are about 1/2″ apart.
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My son married the love of his life just over a year ago. I hoped to have their wedding quilt done before their first anniversary. And I made it! Though there were moments I was not at all sure…… I had already started on the quilt when my dear son called to tell me that they had purchased a king size bed. What? I have NEVER made a quilt this big. Time to add more blocks! It wouldn’t fit on my machine quilting frame so I added the borders in a quilt-as-you-go fashion.
My bed is queen size and I took this pic before I sent the quilt. Here is the back:
I decided I was only going to make one quilt this size so it may as well be double sided!
I chose this pattern because it looked like Z’s and A’s to me for Zach and Anna. This is definitely not my most intricate work but they seem to like it. The top is freemotion quilting with little hidden messages to the happy couple.
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I am still getting to know Barney, my new/used mid arm quilting machine. I am not thrilled with the quilting on this but it is done and hanging up.
I love to look at pictures of sewing rooms on blogs and thought I would post an updated tour of mine. It has changed again since these were taken but not by much. I got the porcelain tables for my birthday last year and I LOVE them!
Ugggg….things are a bit out of order here but hopefully you get the general idea. And hopefully, I will get the hang of this blogging thing again!
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Katy
I found an app to blog from my phone and wanted to try it out. I pieced this little quilt top from French General Chateau Rouge mini charms and a tea dyed muslin. I hope to get it quilted tonight. Now that it is loaded on the machine it won’t take long. I just have to decide how to quilt it. Hmmmm….
Wow! It has been a LONG time since I have posted on this blog! It is a new year and I think I will pick this back up again. I would like to document my quilting adventures this year and getting back to the blog format seemed a good way to do just that.
Hopefully, I can figure out a way to blog from my phone and that will help me to keep up with this much better.
No blog is fun without pictures so here are a few that show a little of what I have been up to recently:
Notice a theme here? Yep, all red, white and blue. All Quilts of Valor. I wanted to make one QOV for every month that my USAF daughter was deployed last year and I beat my goal by two. This year, I hope to make 12. To find out more about the QOV Foundation, click here.
Until next time….
Katy
Well, almost….
Today is day 6 following rotator cuff surgery. I picked up plenty of books and videos from the library to keep myself entertained during recovery. I also thought it was a great time to visit the world via blogs.
Well, my attention span is rather sort due to pain meds and I hate watching TV and videos without my knitting. I have visited a gazillion blogs though! The down side to that is, it makes me want to sew!
Today is the first time I have felt like doing much of anything and decided to give one handed sewing a try. I had some half square triangles cut and ready to sew……hmmm…..forget anything requiring accuracy.
Free pieced letters is something I have wanted to try again…
There, that’s better! Until next time….
