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!

Inspiration….

…..comes in the most unlikely places. I rode down to Flint with Mr. Wonderful , yeah, THAT Flint, and saw this. He indulged me in a second trip around the block to get a better shot. I have dies for … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday ~ 30s Bricks

I finished this up just before I got sick. I’m so glad it is finally done and on the guest room bed. It’s another big one and therefore, it is difficult to photograph. The pantograph I used it called Feather … Continue reading →

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TBThursday

Not much new to share, so here is a post from October 2020, showing a favorite finish. Enjoy! My Grandmother’s Flower Garden is done! I bought the vintage flower blocks many years ago and began piecing them together. There was … Continue reading →

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Chisel Progress

When I shared this last, I had just this one block sewn. I wasn’t thrilled with the colors and threw a few more bits up on the wall. Nope. Nope. Nope. I opened up another FQ bundle that had more … Continue reading →

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A Wee Sew Along

Temecula Quilt Company is having a little Scrap Basket Sew Along. You can find the first post about it here. The blocks finish at 2 1/2” and I have the perfect dies for that in my AccuQuilt 5” Qube. So … Continue reading →

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Something New ~ Chisels

I have a couple of these FQ bundles and finally decided what to do with them. I’m using these dies. They work in my Studio Cutter, but you could also use the 12” Qube and 12” Qube Angles Companion Qube. … Continue reading →

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Sunday

That’s a quote from one of my favorite authors, Bob Goff. I highly recommend any and all of his books. Resting is all I’ve been doing of late, as I’ve been a bit under the weather. I had some blog … Continue reading →

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This and That

My little Willy Boy is afraid of almost everything. Do you think this new Captain America harness will make him feel brave? Winslow got new jammies. She quite enjoys getting dressed up! The mister and I took our bikes to … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Rolling Stone

And the answer is…..NO! I cannot quilt only one fan per day. Quilting is addictive. Sigh….. Anyway, I have a finished quilt to show for it. It is small, only about 53” square. I used these for marking my fans. … Continue reading →

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Did you guess….

….where I was heading here? Years ago, I saw in a book somewhere, a quilt made to celebrate Hailey’s Comet. I tried to find it again and was unable to. But that was my inspiration for this little bit. Here … Continue reading →

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