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!

Bits and Pieces

I found more bits and pieces hidden in with my hand dyed fabric. This first group has a lot of potential. Not sure what I was thinking here. Or here…. Hmmmm…..this gives me ideas…. I’m glad I saved these pieces … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~

Ta daaaaaa! A complete finish. It took much longer to quilt this on my Bernina than it would have on my long arm, but now it is done and I think the quilting turned out well. You can see here … Continue reading

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Scraps

I brought a bag of little scrappy strips out here with me last fall. I sorted them roughly by length. And started sewing them together. It’s good mindless work when the solar panel installers are banging overhead. I have no … Continue reading

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Improv Progress

I got my improv piece all together and started quilting. Here is my set up. I’d forgotten how much drag there is, even with a small quilt. I started with all vertical lines. Then I added horizontal lines. I didn’t … Continue reading

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Saguaro National Park

Last weekend, we took a little road trip to Saguaro National Park. It was incredible! Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day. I love this place so much! Have a great day!

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Sawtooth Diamond in a Square

I’m so loving this color combination! Time to add more triangles. And more. And finally, borders. Next, I will make binding and then pack this up to quilt on the long arm. I think this needs lots of feathers. Have … Continue reading

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More Hand Dyed Pieces

I was looking for a backing fabric in my hand dyes. I didn’t find one, but I did come across a few other interesting pieces I had forgotten about. Some of these would be fun just to free motion quilt. … Continue reading

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Another HST Project

I’ve been looking at HST ideas and ideas for solid fabric quilts. So I decided to combine the two. I’m using this die and my GO! Cutter. Since these are the two colors for my HSTs, I’m layering them and … Continue reading

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Before and After

I always love a good before and after comparison! Mr. Wonderful has worked really hard at transforming our new back yard, from this: To this: Here are a few more comparison photos. He did such a great job and we … Continue reading

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Finish It Up ~ Amish Inspired Improv

I finished this little piece over the weekend. I used the same thick button thread that I used on my Hexie project to quilt it with big stitches. I almost used a red binding, but I didn’t want to take … Continue reading

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