KatyQuilts

The mister and I did this puzzle this week. It was a tough one, but so cool!

I found this Bernina at Goodwill. It was only the machine. I tried it out with the cord from my other Bernina. It stitches, but clearly something is wrong with it. I’ll play with it a bit more. It was only $16 so I’m not out much if I can’t get it working.

I’m not a Barbie person, never have been. But she was cute and cheap at a local sale.

We’ve been hiking a lot lately.

Love going with Daughter #2 and SIL.

Our neighbor gave us some citrus. Check out the size of that orange! So good!

Have a great day!

Remember this? I got this far and quilt working on it.

It currently measures about 80” by 90”. I found this fabric somewhere and thought about using it as a border.

But I’m kind of over this project. So now I’m thinking about quilting the top as is and using this for the binding.

I’d love to get this done. I’ll think about it a bit.

Have a great day!

This little bit got loaded and quilted!

I’m really out of practice with feathers.

I decided to use leftovers from the backing to bind it.

I hope to get the hand stitching done today.

Have a good one!

My beautiful sister and her hubby came to visit us last week.

Here is BIL in Sedona.

We had fun playing tourist and sharing this gorgeous state with them.

Sedona never disappoints. The weather was overcast, but it seemed to make the red rocks appear even more vivid.

Have a great day!

I’m making more tiny 9 patches.

But I ordered this die to help.

I thought cutting one inch squares was the worst part of the process. Now it’s the easiest!

Have a good day!

I was asked by AccuQuilt to make up a new sample of this June Tailor bag for them.

These are the fabrics I chose.

I didn’t need this many different prints, but they were so cute! The line is called Wanderlust by Free Spirit Fabrics, available from Fat Quarter Shop .

The kit includes this printed interfacing.

It took me a bit to figure out how I wanted to fussy cut fabric for the front zipper pocket.

Here are my cut pieces and the hardware, also available from AccuQuilt .

I’m not really a bag maker, so I figured this would be a challenging project for me. The instructions are well done and there is also a video tutorial that was very helpful.

This shows the inside pocket and the lining fabric.

And here is the finished tote! The zippers are included in the kit. They are actually gray.

Here is the back.

How fun is that? I almost hated to send it back to AccuQuilt ! Maybe one day, I’ll make another for myself.

Have a great day!

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I’m having trouble responding to comments lately, so I thought I’d write an extra post to catch up a bit.

I was asked the size of my sewing room. This room is approximately 15 by 23 feet. Answering that question brought a bit of a revelation to me. My sewing room in Michigan was 24 by 25 feet. No wonder this is so crowded now!

Thank you to whoever asked, I feel better about this mess now!

Quite a number of you suggested blue for sashing of my latest little quilt.

I love the idea! But I’ll hold that thought for a future quilt. I’m definitely not done with this pattern idea.

You also had great ideas concerning my failed tumbler quilt.

I agree with you all that the gray is NOT right. I also got ideas for different arrangements, dresdens, putting tumblers together to create long hexies etc. I will play with these some more.

I was asked about a pattern for this quilt.

A free tutorial can be found on the AccuQuilt blog.

I’m frequently asked for Quilt of Valor patterns for quilts shown on my blog. If I have pattern info for those, it will be in the post. However, most were only quilted by me so I do t know pattern info.

Before I go, I wanted to share a couple Leap Day deals! First, free shipping from Connecting Threads.

AccuQuilt also has a hopping good deal!

Have a great day!

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