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!

Clipboards and Quilting

I picked up a clipboard at a local discount store to use to display some of my little quilts. I had seen some neat frames with a clip like this that people used to display small quilts and I thought … Continue reading

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Fabric!

I visited Daughter #3 on the west side of the state recently . She took me here. This is a family owned chain in southwest Michigan. Wow! What a great fabric store! I hit up a second location on my … Continue reading

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Books

Martingale recently had one of their warehouse sales and I picked up the following wing quilt books for just $6 each. I don’t buy that many books anymore, but I’m really pleased with these. But mostly, I’ve been reading this. … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Swap Quilt

I’ve finished my little quilt for the swap hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts and I’m pLeased as punch with it! I hand quilted it. This backing is not technically a repro fabric, but it suits and it’s fun. Asa … Continue reading

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Quilt Show Part 4

That’s it for the show. I hope you enjoyed the highlights!

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Quilt Show Part 3

I want to start out by thanking everyone for your kind comments on my ribbon for Let There Be Light. I wanted to respond to each, but my email has been acting up and I’m trying desperately to deal with … Continue reading

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The Big Trip

At Christmas, our kids gave Mr. Wonderful and me, tickets for our big trip. Can you guess where we are going? If you said Iceland, you would be right! We are getting very excited. We will be camping there for … Continue reading

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The State of the Arts Show

I mentioned that I created a couple recent pieces for our local art show. I visited to see the winners and find out what got juried in. Here is a small selection from the show. No ribbons for me this … Continue reading

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Let There Be Light

This is the last of the quilts that I entered into the local guild show. I was shocked to see my quilt hanging with this ribbon, which was different from all others in the show. Here is the explanation. I’m … Continue reading

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Quilt Show Part 2

These quilts that I had hung in our local guild show. I was thrilled to be able to hang my Gwenny Medallion! Our guild was given thousands of ties and the show committee decided our show theme would be Tie … Continue reading

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