Karen’s Quilting
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I'm Karen. I have lived in Arkansas since 1980. I hand quilt, handpiece, and machine piece, love needle turn applique. Besides quilting, I love hiking, camping, gardening, reading & traveling. Follow all my Quilt ideas and designs here!
Karen’s Quilting
10h ago
I finished one end of the Carpenters Wheel and then later noticed that I forgot one square – I marked it with a pin so I wouldn’t forget to do that one little spot before I rolled it down to start again on Tuesday night The rest of the area already done – now it ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
1d ago
Well the section for Noriko’s Star was done yesterday but very late and it already had started to get dark and looked of rain so took a photo inside – yes running out of room! Two sides done – four more to go and then the border to square it all up – linking to ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
2d ago
I got started with the segment I had finished the other day and figured out placement only to find I had two too many black in the final row and one too many white right above it so those needed to be taken out before I could. After I got done it was back to ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
4d ago
But I did get just a little sewing done – this section of Noriko’s Star is ready to join to the main body of the quilt – I will work on that over the next couple days – one side doesn’t have a white edging on it because of the way it lines up when ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
5d ago
Yesterday I was tired from Wednesdays workout with picking, cleaning and making jam from the strawberries and I didn’t do much on Thursday because I know I’m going to be busy again today maybe doing the same thing. I was taking some photos of the rose plants and checking to see if I would need ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
6d ago
When does it end I wonder this picking of strawberries every other day? Still a lot of red ones out there and green too. Wednesday mornings pick – I guess I am not a fast picker – this took me at least an hour – then off course you need to lightly wash and get ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
1w ago
It was such a pretty morning that the windows were open, laundry was going, bread in the machine and I was moving plants from the house to spend the next six months out on the porch. I lost some at the beginning of winter when I moved them inside so there aren’t quite as many ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
1w ago
Well it rained on Sunday and Sunday night a little but by afternoon the deck was dry and out came the quilt to shine Hunter’s Star – the sun came through the overhead branches and landed right on the yellow blocks making them shine brighter than the rest. The quilt finished at 93×94 inches I ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
1w ago
But we had rainy weather so I can’t get an outside photo until later today I bet. But finally the binding is done, Hunter’s Star has been washed and dried – so here is an inside photo for now. The back Most of the Mercantile block was appliqued in place and I will finish it ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
1w ago
Grandma’s Quilt Block is the name of the fourth Mercantile block – the Mercantile Quilt is on Lori Holt’s blog and the directions will be there for a very long time from what I understand. I am making this for an RSC quilt but it can be made with any fabric you wish to use ..read more