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!

DWMonday ~ Procrastination and Social Media

Posted on April 18, 2016 by katyquilts

I’ve been procrastinating on the sewing for a quilt I cut out some weeks back. All the prints are from a couple lines of Tina Givens fabrics. They seem to play well with each other but not so much with … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Wall Monday, Uncategorized | 26 Comments

Hands2Help 2016 Update

Posted on April 17, 2016 by katyquilts

Today is the day we are to share an update on our quilts for Hands2Help 2016. I am happy to say that I have one done. Here it is:       And the back:     The second one is  my … Continue reading →

Posted in Donation Quilts, Finishes, Uncategorized | 19 Comments

Score!

Posted on April 16, 2016 by katyquilts

Remember last week when I told you about the vintage table I was thinking about buying? I had zero time  to go back to the antique mall to give it a second look.  Later, I was checking out estatesales.net and … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Simply Style 4 Patch

Posted on April 15, 2016 by katyquilts

I finished my Simply Style 4 Patch quilt this week. The prints all came from this layer cake given to me by Daughter #1. The quilt finished at 56 by 72 inches. I used a pantograph called Yodel to quilt this … Continue reading →

Posted in Finishes, Fresh Modern Quilts, Precuts, Uncategorized | 24 Comments

Distracted!

Posted on April 14, 2016 by katyquilts

I got distracted from my triangles by other triangles! I came across some of my hand dyed fabrics and decided to use my equilateral die set to cut them up. These will finish at 5 inches on a side. My purple is … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quilts, Hand Dyed Fabric, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Work in Progress Wednesday

Posted on April 13, 2016 by katyquilts

I am glad so many of you enjoyed seeing my new light strips! Check yesterday’s comments for a very informative comment from Bev. I got the top from my swap blocks I showed on Monday put together and the quilting started! Since … Continue reading →

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Those Triangles and a Bright Idea

Posted on April 12, 2016 by katyquilts

I played a bit with the triangles leftover from my Simply Style layer cake. Here are some of my ideas.              I haven’t made a decision yet, I am leaning toward a layout that would have … Continue reading →

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on April 11, 2016 by katyquilts

 I wanted to make another quilt for Happy Chemo as part of the Hands2Help 2016 event. I looked through my UFO list thinking I could kill two birds with one stone.  I pulled out these blocks from a guild swap … Continue reading →

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Oh Scrap and a Bit of Slow Stitching

Posted on April 10, 2016 by katyquilts

I’m still working on my leader/ender project, but I realized this week, that I made a major miscalculation! Yikes! I was almost completely out of the blue fabric I was using for the alternate rectangles. The fabric I used has … Continue reading →

Posted in Scraps, Uncategorized | 22 Comments

And the winner is……

Posted on April 9, 2016 by katyquilts

 I have drawn the winner for these orphan blocks:    I’ve also found a few more blocks, not pictured, that were made from this line that I am including as well. I said I would sweeten the pot a bit … Continue reading →

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