KatyQuilts

Aaaahhhh…. My beloved long arm, Friday.

Friday is a HandiQuilter Forte with a 24” throat. I love this machine. We have spent a lot of time together and quilted many quilts.

But the mister and I are working toward downsizing our Michigan home. So what to do? You see, I’m not sure I want to haul him all the way to Arizona. I have a HandiQuilter Avante, Harry, out there already.

So, if any of you are in the vicinity of Mid-Michigan and you think you might be interested in adopting Friday, let me know. He may be available as early as January.

He comes with a 12 foot gallery frame, ruler base, and the quilt from the back kit. HQ now calls this model the Amara 24. Purchased new with these options, the Amara would run you about $17,200. I’ve had Friday for 5 years. Honestly, I haven’t figured out a price yet.

Again, I’m just trying to gauge interest right now. So email me if you have questions or think you may be interested.

Thanks!

I’ve been trying to downsize my quilt collection, along with everything else. Daughter #3 chose these two and shared these photos of them in place.

I think they look great in her mid century modern home. Have a great day!

Life has been so crazy that I’ve had very little time to sew. I don’t yet know if I want to make big blocks with triangles at the edges to finish, or if I want to sew it all in diagonal rows.

I put off that decision by just sewing the diagonal rows of this block and clipping them together.

Then I started designing the second block. It took several tries and I’m still uncertain.

Might need more tweaking. Have a great day!

I started quilt with the large hoop and then moved to the smaller one.

I declare to quilt hanging diamonds and the hoop just doesn’t work well for that. It is well basted, so I decided to quilt without a hoop. You can hardly see it.

It shows better on the back.

This is the thread I’m using.

Have a great day!

Sewing has been slow lately. I did make rice bags for the 3 Es.

I recently read this book. It was really good.

We want to downsize. I told Mr. Wonderful that I could live in an RV equipped with a long arm like this!

My backyard. Brrrrr!

Have a great day!

This little man spent the night last weekend. He loves to do projects when he comes over.

So we got out the fun foam.

A fun AccuQuilt die.

And we got t9 work!

He wanted me to see it’s so easy, he can do it standing on one foot. 😂

Then we got to work mixing and matching and glueing.

We cut up fridge magnets and glued them on the back.

E3 was very productive!

And very proud of his magnets!

I love my AccuQuilt GO! for making stuff with the grands!

Have a great day!

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All the blocks are made. My original plan was to set these with sashing and corner stones.

I made these 8 inch blocks from this layer cake.

But for reasons I cannot explain, I find myself bored with this. I do not know why.

Before I go, here is the big Cyber Monday deal at AccuQuilt ! 30% off e everything! Just use the code CYBERDEAL when you check out. This deal ends tonight.

If you need me, I’ll be looking for my sew-jo….

Have a great day!

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