KatyQuilts

Happy Sunday!

Posted on July 11, 2010 by katyquilts

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the WORD of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8

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We went to visit my family in Wisconsin over the weekend to celebrate my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. Fifty years is a long time and I am proud of them! They are a fantastic example of working through things and remaining committted no matter what. That seems rare these days. Congrats Mom and Dad!

I worked in the car on the way there and back on a few items. First I FINALLY finished this pair of socks:

The best news about this is that they even fit ME! This pair will be mine, all mine!

I also decided to make a very tiny honeycomb piece. The hexagons measure 1/2″ on a side:

I worked on some other hand pieced blocks as well and will post them tomorrow.

I am tired but it was a great visit with my parents and siblings. I will post more tomorrow.

Until next time…

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Happy 4th of July!

Posted on July 2, 2010 by katyquilts

I am thankful every day that I am able to live in the United States of America. There are many things that are not in order here but there is no where I would rather live.

I have lived overseas, I have visited other countries. I am thankful for the freedoms we enjoy here and I am most grateful for all those who have served and are serving in our military. We owe them a great debt and today I say thank you to all our service people!

This is a quilt I made in the days following 9/11:

Sorry for the skewed picture! This hangs in my front hallway and I cannot get a shot of it straight on. In the stripes, I have machine quilted 2 Chronicles 7:14 which states:

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

This is my prayer for our great nation this day.

Until next time…..

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31 Days of Diary Blocks…

Posted on June 30, 2010 by katyquilts

Well, I did it. I made a block for every day for a month. Here is the last installment:

And here is a picture of all 31:

The piece in the lower right hand corner is part of another project on the design wall. So the question now is, what do I do with 31 blocks???? Hmmm…..I am taking a break from the block a day due to vacation. This has been a fun project and I may well pick this up again when vacation is over.

We are heading to Wisconsin this weekend to celebrate my Mom and Dad’s 50th wedding anniversary. Happy 50 Years Mom and Dad!

We will spend 8-9 hours in the car each way so tomorrow I will be getting my project basket together. I love working in the car! I want to try a bit more embroidery with the perle cotton and that is where I am headed with this little piece:

But I may change my mind…..LOL! I also have a sock to finish and some handpiecing of some older Grandmother’s Flower Garden blocks made from fabrics I bought in Holland.

Until next time….

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My backyard in the morning…

Posted on June 23, 2010 by katyquilts

….is a wonderful place to be in the summer! Grab a cup of coffee and visit a while.

That oak tree to the right is my favorite tree in the yard. It was on clearance at the end of the summer a few years back and it was the scrawniest, half dead looking thing you ever saw. It is now the straightest, most lovely tree we have! It keeps its leaves until spring and drops them just before the new ones come out.

Hope you enjoyed this little visit. Come again soon! Until next time…

UPDATE: I just found out my page made it into WordPress’ Photography page. W00t! If you are here because of that link, check out the posts in my Photography category (link in the sidebar). As always, enjoy looking but please don’t take and use without permission! Thanks!

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And yet more Diary Blocks….

Posted on June 21, 2010 by katyquilts

Here are some more…

Still going strong! Until next time….

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A bit of stitching…

Posted on June 17, 2010 by katyquilts

I have been seeing a lot of people handquiting with perle cotton lately. I love the look and decided to play with this myself. I worked on this in the car on the way to the west side of the state for camping last weekend.

I machine quilted a grid first because if I were going to do this on a quilt of any size, it would have at least half machine quilting as well. For this piece, I was just playing, kind of doodling with thread. I also wanted to make a small piece I could throw in the wash just to see what would happen. This is cheap perle cotton, it came in a bag of 100 or so skeins from JoAnn’s. I think it was intended for kids crafts but I loved the colors and I had a 40% off coupon making the entire bag only $6. The colors are brighter than they show here.

I have no idea what I will do with this piece. Maybe a journal cover, or a zippered bag…..got any ideas? If so, leave me a comment! I am certainly open to suggestions here!

Until next time….

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Just do it!

Posted on June 16, 2010 by katyquilts

I hand pieced a pile of 4 inch bow tie blocks about 5 years ago. They are mostly done with repro fabrics and a tea dyed muslin. I have pulled them out a few times over the years trying to come up with a new way to set them as I have made many bowtie quilts and wanted to do something different. I always ended up putting them away again and not putting them together. A couple years ago, i went to a friends cabin for a weekend of sewing. I quickly cut some setting blocks thinking I would put this top together. I did other things. Since then, I have pulled out this pile many more times but was never sure of the setting so they went back in the UFO pile. I do not know why I have been so indecisive with these!

Anyway, once again, today I pulled them out. I decided finished was better than perfect and just to set them together in my hastily thrown together plan of two years ago.

I am glad I did.

I like it.

Why did I have so much angst over this?

I think it needs a border but I am so happy to be moving on this project. I hope to border, quilt and bind it soon! I am also going to look at some other projects that have been languishing far too long and put them to use. Sometimes, I need to just DO IT!

Until next time…

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