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!

Trip Around the World

These are all 3 1/2” squares that I cut using my AccuQuilt Studio Cutter. This is the idea I’m going for, but I’m not sure if I want to do individual blocks with sashing, or have the blocks all run … Continue reading

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Growing…. Growing…. Growing…. I still don’t know how big this will end up, but at least I’m making progress. Mr. Wonderful and I are flying to AZ this week and this will be my take along project. I have posts … Continue reading

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This and That

Happy Saturday! Isn’t this a cool block? It’s called Lucky Star and it’s a new release from AccuQuilt . I wrote a blogpost for AccuQuilt that shows how I used this block. Having a degree in chemistry, I find these … Continue reading

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Layer Cake Tumble ~ Finished!

Ta daaa!!! I loved making this quilt for Fat Quarter Shop ! It was very quick and easy, but still makes for an interesting quilt. The gradation I was able to achieve with the layer cake really makes the design … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday

This post was originally written and posted six years ago. I can’t believe it has been that long! I really like this simple quilt. It might be time to revisit this. Enjoy! This quilt has been finished and gifted and … Continue reading

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Welcome QAL

I’m moving right along on this QAL hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts. What? There are no spool blocks? Well, I decided to replace the 7 letter blocks with spool blocks. So mine won’t say “Welcome.” And I decided to … Continue reading

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Cutting, Cutting, Cutting….

This is my bin of Denyse Schmidt fabrics. I have a couple ideas for these and finally decided to have a cutting day. I think there are around 50 different prints here. I start by layering 5 different prints and … Continue reading

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Layer Cake Tumble

Fat Quarter Shop is coming out with a new pattern! Lucky me, I got to try it out! These are the fabrics I’m using. They are available from Fat Quarter Shop . These blocks are super quick to make. I … Continue reading

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Essential Tools

I’m still working on this bit. Today I thought I’d share what I consider to be my essential tools for hand piecing. I just started using this. I know it’s for hand quilting, but I love it for piecing. It … Continue reading

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This and That

I spent a good chunk of this week visiting my Mom in Wisconsin, so not much sewing was accomplished. I was asked how I would add the triangles to my leader/ender project. I figured a picture was the easiest way … Continue reading

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