KatyQuilts

Mill and Star

Posted on March 25, 2024 by katyquilts

I cut the pieces for the additional blocks needed, but I changed my mind on the layout.

I have a hard time making the exact same quilt twice!

This is where I’m headed at the moment.

Have a great day!

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Remember this?

Posted on March 24, 2024 by katyquilts

I made this quilt for AccuQuilt when they came out with the Mill and Star BOB die.

Since the quilt was going to be sent to them, I cut out extra blocks to make one for myself. Apparently, I had a case of brain fog that day. I got my pieces home to Michigan and left the die in Arizona.

When I got them out to work on, I had only cut enough pieces for ten blocks. Ugh. So they got put away.

I finally got around to cutting out more blocks, but I changed my mind on the layout.

BTW, I forgot to include the link to this pattern in my post yesterday.

Also, if you follow my blog via Bloglovin’, don’t leave a comment there! I probably won’t see it.

Have a great day!

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This and That

Posted on March 23, 2024 by katyquilts

Did you see this? This finish is from last summer, but the pattern was just released! It is free on the AQ website.

My snuggle babies!

Mr. Wonderful is the best baker!

As a coffee drinker, I thought this was hilarious!

A good word.

The mister has been working on our landscaping. I love my cactus garden.

Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Leader/Ender

Posted on March 22, 2024 by katyquilts

I finished my leader/ender quilt.

I used an old favorite pantograph called Any Which Way.

I love the backing fabric. The sharks are so fun! It was supposed to be a sheet.

The binding was leftover from another project.

This last photo shows the truest color.

This quilt will get donated to Project Linus. For some reason, my bin of 2 1/2” squares doesn’t look any emptier than when I started. 🤔

Have a great day!

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Kitting Up Projects

Posted on March 21, 2024 by katyquilts

The first couple years when we came to Arizona, I kitted up projects to work on out here. Now that nearly all my sewing stuff is here, I’m kitting up projects to take back to Michigan.

This is how I do it. First, I go through my saved ideas and pick out projects. Next, I screenshot an idea or import a picture from EQ8.

I create a Note on my iPad as shown below.

I decide on a size and figure out what I need to cut. It is kind of a shorthand pattern for myself. Then I grab my dies and cut.

Put it in a bag and it’s ready to sew!

The hardest part is saving it to sew later. I’ll kit up bigger projects as well.

Have a great day!

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Decisions, Decisions

Posted on March 20, 2024 by katyquilts

I cut my jelly roll panel into strips. Then I played around a bit on the design wall.

I’m not in love with any of these, so I guess I’ll play some more.

Have a great day!

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Something New

Posted on March 19, 2024 by katyquilts

I was needing some mindless sewing, so I started digging around and found these bits and pieces from an old jelly roll.

I cut them into random lengths and sewed them end to end.

Then I sewed them together jelly roll race style and ended up with this.

It’s only 32 by 43 inches. I was thinking I might chop it up and reassemble somehow.

Though I do like it better than I expected to. I think there is some potential here. I’m going to have to think on this a bit.

Have a great day!

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Finish It Up ~ Star and Cross Table Runner

Posted on March 18, 2024 by katyquilts

Yep, I decided to make a runner with my Star and Cross blocks. First, I had to pick out a border.

Time to quilt.

This is the pantograph I used. It is from Urban Elementz.

A peek at the back:

And…..ta daaaaa!

The colors are rather fallish, but I do love the combination.

Have a great day!

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Machine Quilting the Strippie Quilt

Posted on March 17, 2024 by katyquilts

Mi was asked to share more details on how I long arm quilted my strippie quilt.

I used two templates and a straight edge. This curved ruler from HandiQuilter was used for the feather spines.

This circle template was used for the pumpkin seeds.

This is how I did the feathers. I used the wave temp,ate and went left to right to create the spine (blue line). When I got to the end, I freehand quilted the feathers on top (green line). I just use simple feathers, backtracking on each one. When I get back to the left hand side, I use a straight edge and stitch in the ditch between strips (yellow). Then I travel down to quilt the feathers on the bottom. I don’t have to break my thread at all this way.

For the pieced rows, I start with the pumpkin seed. Follow the red line from left to right, then return on the black line to finish the motifs in the squares. Then I freehand the continuous curves in blue. In the picture I’ve drawn the bottom curves first, then come back across the top. The last part are the freehand loops shown in green.