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
18h ago
After the storm quite frequently it seems to be followed by a pleasant day – in fact I had windows open part of the day before the heat built up. We were pleased that the storm broke up before it got to us (slightly) and we missed it all and just had a tiny bit ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
2d ago
Got some piecing done today on the quilt I am doing for the Fat Quarter Shop and I tell you I really don’t understand how some can waste so much fabric when writing a pattern. I am doing it as it states and I have all of these 3.5” half square triangles that I put ..read more
Karen’s Quilting
3d 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
4d 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
4d 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
6d 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
1w 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
1w 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