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!

Finish It Up Friday ~ Hour Glass

Ta daaaaa! Once the blocks were done, this was a pretty quick finish. I seem to gravitate toward these simple designs. Everything here came from my stash. I think the binding fabric is rather ugly, but it worked well as … Continue reading

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Moving Right Along….

…..I’ve started the quilting on my hour glass quilt! I brought these design boards back from Michigan with me. I bought an adapter to use them on Harry. It worked out pretty well. Here is a peek at the back. … Continue reading

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Hour Glass Progress

I stitched my hour glass units into four patches. These took a while, but I had a good audio book to listen to. This is the book. It made me laugh it loud at times. My blocks finished at 6 … Continue reading

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Hour Glass

I don’t even remember when I bought these charm packs! I think the two on the right were from Kim Diehl also, I think. My dear dog removed the labels for me. 🙄 Thankfully, she seems to be beyond that … Continue reading

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Design Wall Monday

You all are the best! As suggested, I folded back the triangles on each side and put the pink borders back. Yep, that’s what this needed. I had some short yellow strips and placed them next to the existing outer … Continue reading

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Vintage Top Repair

Remember this beautiful top that Deanna, Wedding Dress Blue, sent to me? I fell hard for this top! It needed some repair before I could hand quilt. I ended up removing a row of blocks. This allowed me to replace … Continue reading

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This and That

I certainly didn’t need another sewing machine, but when I found this one for $50, I couldn’t resist! My friend, Zenia, has one just like it that she loves. Now I know why! It reminds me a lot of my … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Utility Quilt

This was a fun little experiment. It continued with the binding. I attached it by machine to the back. And then folded to the front and used big stitches to stitch it down to the front. Ta daaa! I used … Continue reading

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30s Bricks

I started this project two years ago. It’s about time I got back to it! I was procrastinating on the layout. I cleaned off my design wall and placed blocks so I could see how long and wide it would … Continue reading

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A Quandary

I saved a photo of an antique crib quilt on Pinterest some time ago. when I was back in Michigan, I decided to cut pieces for it. Since I had no idea what size the pieces were in the original, … Continue reading

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