Author Archives: katyquilts

About katyquilts

I am a wife, mom of four amazing adult kids, and a former librarian. I love making everything from traditional quilts to art quilts. I am thankful to God my Father and Creator for the gift of creativity!

Teaching an Old Dog…..

I mentioned last week, that I was really pleased with my machine binding for a change. You all know I’ve struggled with that. So I thought I’d share what I did this time as it may work for you. I … Continue reading

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A Different Kind of Project

I found this cabinet at Goodwill. I wanted something with glass doors to display some dishes. I almost left it, because I didn’t really want a project. It had a terrible brown paint job. For $20, I decided to bring … Continue reading

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Random Silliness

Nothing earth shattering today. Just some silly bits. My new favorite word. 😂 I did finish a puzzle. It was harder than I expected. I saw this at Goodwill. Isn’t that sweet? I did leave it for someone else to … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Double X

This was a sweet finish! One of my readers suggested the name, Double X for the block, so that’s what I’ve taken to calling it. The fabrics are lovely and I didn’t feel it needed a border. I’m quite chuffed … Continue reading

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Got Sunglasses?

I was talking on the phone and wandering around the sewing room at the same time. I grabbed a jelly roll I picked up somewhere and opened it. I was a bit bummed to realize there were only 24 strips, … Continue reading

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Progress

Well, I got about this far and realized I wanted to make it bigger. It seems I’m always wanting to make bigger quilts! So I cut and pieced some more. Now I have the blocks for each row clipped together … Continue reading

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Something New

I love Lotta Jansdottir fabrics! I’ve been looking for a good idea to showcase these prints. You might remember that I made this quilt, Shark Reunion, from Lotta’s fabric a few years ago. I got inspired by something I saw … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Monday ~ 9 Patch

And it’s done! I’m quite tickled with the quilting. I love hanging diamonds, but it isn’t easy to do on a big quilt. I had fun putting together different combinations for the 9 patches. Have a great day!

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Slow Stitching Sunday

I decided to quilt my little mini by machine, but I’m hand binding it. I’ve also marked more pieces for my hand piecing project. I think I’ll have the top done by September. Only seven more rows to add to … Continue reading

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This and That

My show is up! I finally finished the work on this quilt. You can see one piece had to be completely replaced. It’s pretty obvious, but part of the quilt’s story. I also had to replace bits of binding here … Continue reading

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