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Popping In For a Quick Update! from Quilty Folk

May has always been a busy month for us, but this year I made it worse. For reasons that totally made sense at the time, I scheduled a week long trip (leaving the end of April) to visit my oldest daughter in Oklahoma.

Loving the colors!

With everything that needed done before leaving, I had little to no time to post my latest quilt finish, AHIQ Hourglass. Plus it needed washed up so the crinkly goodness could shine!

I think this one is a winner

After I got back home, then there was all the laundry for me and of ...

added by audrey 2 years, 6 months ago. under 2022 finish , ahiqhourglass , fabric love , tulip series

It Feels Good To Be Making Progress On Something from Quilty Folk

I actually managed to get quite a bit done in spite of the fact that we had a busy, busy Easter weekend! I went ahead and added a very small coping border between the main part of A-Tisket-A-Tasket and the red hst border.

A-Tisket-A-Tasket getting a border or two

I'm pretty sure there will only be one more border, of much larger red and gold hst units. It's all cut out and ready for sewing, just need to find the time. Super happy with how it's turning out though. That lighter yellow/gold just made everything shine ...

added by audrey 2 years, 7 months ago. under ahiqhourglass , applique border , country stars , grandchildren , haha quilt , hand quilting , next up in the hoop , quilting templates

All the Hiccups in the Process from Quilty Folk

The Big Kiss quilt is totally finished up now! This one was started back in 2020 mostly because I could not resist the siren call of the simple, graphic design.

The Big Kiss quilt is finished!

The top was complete {I thought} in about June of that year, but then, it just wasn't. I fiddled around with idea during the following January and then, finally got to true-blue quilt top stage by April.

A little applique can go a very long ways!

Anyone who knows me understands that a quilt top has to be 'just right' before I can ...

added by audrey 2 years, 7 months ago. under 2022 finish , a tisket-a tasket , ahiqhourglass , big kiss , improv. strips #2 {blue} , inspiration , orphan annie , scrappy tulips

Staying Focused from Quilty Folk

It feels so good to check a couple more projects off of the open-ended projects list. Gives me just a little bit of breathing room for the brand new starts. 'Cuz there's always gonna be new projects here, there and maybe every where!

Once again, it's a finish!

It was a relatively quick finish for the Ormes Inspired quilt once I put my mind to it. Just had to grit my teeth and plow through the last little bit of hand work on the batik fabric lettering. After that, there was a very small amount of effort to ...

added by audrey 3 years, 8 months ago. under ahiqhourglass , finished quilt tops are the bomb , improv. , ormes inspired , rhi's quilt , tulip series , tulips

Here a Little, There a Little... from Quilty Folk

This is kind of a catch-up post. There's been a lot going on at the home front which made it seem like I didn't have time to blog. Then I had too much to post about so it really felt like there wasn't proper time and well, yeah. Vicious cycle.

Adhoc. Hourglass project about ready for takeoff

All the applique is finished up on the latest tulip blocks. They are trimmed as are the hourglass sashing units. Things are ready to roll in terms of layout if I could find available floor space. Should I just make ...

added by audrey 3 years, 9 months ago. under adhoc. improv. , ahiqhourglass , applique , hst medallion , improv. hst medallion , in the hoop , ormes inspired , words on quilts

I Think This is Called Momentum from Quilty Folk

I have a rather large list of opened ended UFO's at the moment. Imagine me wincing right now! It's definitely more than is normally allowed to happen around here, even with the typical do-what-feels-good-in-the-quilting-room attitude that generally reigns supreme here at Quilty Folk.

Moody 9-Patch is a completed quilt top!

As usual though, my brain keeps coming up with ever more interesting ideas to try. Yep, there are unquestionably gonna be new and improved quilts in my future! In this vein, I decided to dedicate myself to at least one more 'finish' here in the short term. Once ...

added by audrey 3 years, 9 months ago. under ahiqhourglass , antique quilt inspiration , applique , moody 9-patch , scrappy , tulip series

Getting Projects Prepped and Ready to Go from Quilty Folk

I've been trying to get some of the endless applique projects prepped. The list is a little overwhelming at the moment and I know from experience it helps a lot to have things ready to go. Plus, hand work is seriously calling my name of late. So soothing when the mood is right!

Ormes Inspired getting a word added on

First up was to finally settle on a word to add to Ormes Inspired. I've know for awhile that something needed to be done about that bottom left corner, but nothing ever seemed right. Last week I took ...

added by audrey 3 years, 9 months ago. under ahiqhourglass , applique border , big kiss quilt , free fabric , melon patch rows , moody 9-patch , ormes inspired , tulip series

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