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!

Another UFO

Remember these? I’ve struggled to figure out what fabric to put with these that would work. I wanted a solid, but couldn’t find anything I was happy with. Then I found a yellow tone on tone print that reads as … Continue reading

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Isadore

I bought this sweet little Featherweight at a flea market when we lived in France over twenty years ago. I call her Isadore after her one time owner who apparently took her on a transatlantic voyage! She still sews beautifully … Continue reading

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DWMonday

One of my goals for this month was to get some projects kitted up. I had a fat eighth bundle of Blueberry Park and cut them up. I got this ready a while back. These are all 2 1/2 inch … Continue reading

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ GFG

The quilting is done!!!!!! I was so happy to finish that last corner. Not going to lie, trimming it was scary. I made the binding out of yellow feed sack. I’m really looking forward to working on the hand stitching … Continue reading

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Ugly Quilt Alert!

I went home to visit my mom this past week. The drive was beautiful! Of course I took the puppies with. My mom asked me to put new sheets on the pull out couches for her. What did I find? … Continue reading

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Churn Dash Progress

I finally decided on sashing fabric for my churn dash. Turns out, I didn’t have enough of either of my first two choices. So I pulled out these oldies from the Documentary line by Benartex. I think that came out … Continue reading

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Antique Quilt Repair

I finished taking this quilt apart. In the process, I found one piece that needed to be replaced. I decided to applique a new piece over top rather than removing this. I thought I’d share how I did this. First, … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Wednesday ~ 50 Shades of Brown

I finished my little quilt from the Humble Quilts quilt along. Mine turned out humble indeed! I used up bobbins that had very little thread left when I quilted this. Washing made it crinkle up and helped to hide my … Continue reading

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Troublesome Tuesday

This used to be my main machine quilting machine. But I haven’t used it for that since I got my long arm. I decided to pull it out and give it a try on this little quilt from the quilt … Continue reading

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DWMonday ~ Churn Dashes

I haven’t forgotten these! I just haven’t gotten around to doing anything with them. But I’ve started auditioning sashing fabrics. These two are front runners. The first is a Minnick and Simpson print. This next one is French General. I … Continue reading

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