Finish It Up Friday

Posted on August 30, 2024 by katyquilts

Today I can share my first quilt top completed in Dora, our RV!

My photos aren’t the best. Mr. Wonderful held the top for me. This top finished at 44 by 56. It will go to Project Linus when it is finished.

Have a great day!

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Throwback Thursday ~ Dear Betty

Posted on August 29, 2024 by katyquilts

It’s hard to believe I finished this back in 2016! Time sure flies. Enjoy!

It all started with this Christmas gift from Daughter #1.

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I immediately loved it, but it took me a while to find the perfect pattern for it. I finally settled on this traditional Rolling Star pattern.

These blocks are a whopping 18 inches finished.  I wanted the fabrics to really shine here.

I need a good place to hang a big quilt for pictures!

I used my pattern boards to quilt this with a Baptist Fan design. Here is the backing, it is part of a duvet cover I found on clearance. The pattern and color were perfect!

I just love the texture that the quilting gives.

I used Superior Mono-poly thread on top and white magna Glide Classic in the bobbin. It is currently living in my guest room.

 Sorry for the picture overload, but I love this texture!

I love leaving the door open and walking by this room.

I didn’t end up using all the fabrics in that bundle, so another quilt from this will be coming somewhere down the road.

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Still Making Progress…

Posted on August 28, 2024 by katyquilts

Are you tired of this yet? I am! But I have found that my setup here isn’t really conducive to working on more than one project at a time. So here we are.

Pressing the whole top when I’m done will be interesting!

Have a great day!

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4 Patches

Posted on August 27, 2024 by katyquilts

Here is my pressing set up in Dora. When I need to press, I move my sewing machine to the dash and put this pressing surface on my table.

Ready to sew these four patches together!

Have a great day!

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Sewing Again!

Posted on August 26, 2024 by katyquilts

I’ve set up my sewing corner in our RV, Dora.

I’m making simple four patches.

I cut the pieces for this project before I left Arizona.

I even have a helper!

Before I go, I wanted to let you know about this great sale from Connecting Threads.

Don’t forget to use the code, STASH20!

Have a great day!

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Camping

Posted on August 25, 2024 by katyquilts

Today I thought I would share a bit more about the campground where we are staying.

We have a great site.

The campground is called Wesleyan Woods and is owned by the Wesleyan Church. There is a river that snakes around the edge of the campground and a small lake with a beach for swimming and a water slide. They have rock climbing, ropes courses, a playground, canoes, and kayaks.

Here is the snack shop with games and WiFi.

Everyone we have met has been wonderful. We are so thankful to have found this place! It is about 35 minutes from Daughter #1’s family.

Have a great day!

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Quilting in Progress

Posted on August 24, 2024 by katyquilts

Finally! My newest pattern for AccuQuilt is available on their web site!

It seems ages ago that I created this door banner for them. Don’t you love that sewing machine? It’s a new die available from AccuQuilt . I also used the Spool die and Classic Alphabet set.

I do love the spool die.❤️

The irony is that I don’t have a door on my sewing room!

Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Vintage Diamonds

Posted on August 23, 2024 by katyquilts

Put a fork in it; this top is done!

It feels so good to finally have an almost finish! This quilt is really all about the fabric. I love these prints from the 40s.

This finished up around 34 by 48 inches. I don’t know if I want to straighten the top and bottom or bind it with the zig zag. I’ll decide later.

Have a great day!

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Throwback Thursday ~ Vintage Stars

Posted on August 22, 2024 by katyquilts

Here we are with yet another throwback post! This was a vintage top that I purchased. I machine quilted it and gave it to a friend. Enjoy!

I totally changed my mind on quilting this and decided on a light custom job.

And it was really fun to quilt! I think I got into a panto rut and it was fun to break out of that.

This plain muslin backing came with the top and I went ahead and used it. I love how well the quilting shows.

Binding came from my stash.

It feels good to finally have a finish. Have a great day!

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Woven Stars Progress

Posted on August 21, 2024 by katyquilts

I desperately needed a break from house stuff so I started making some of these blocks. Honestly, it took a hot minute to get the hang of foundation paper piecing again.

You can see the first one has two of the same fabrics next to each other. It will stay in. This quilt will have 70 blocks so it shouldn’t be too noticeable.

Have a great day!

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