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 Baptist Fan Quilt!

Posted on April 23, 2016 by katyquilts

I have another quilt quilted with the Baptist Fan design to share with you today. This one was made by my husband’s grandmother, Effie. It has lots of wonderful 1930’s fabrics.  I love the string blocks mixed with the 9 patches.  This … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Vintage Quilts | 8 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Beachballs

Posted on April 22, 2016 by katyquilts

I started this quilt last week on a bit of a whim. I have no need for yet another baby quilt, but I ran across a small stack  of my hand dyed fabrics and had an idea suddenly pop into … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quilts, Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Hand Dyed Fabric, Uncategorized | 31 Comments

More Quilts of Valor!

Posted on April 21, 2016 by katyquilts

I’ve powered through and finished quilting the QOV tops from the Stitching Sisters group. I didn’t make any of these tops so I don’t know names and I don’t have any patterns to share with you.  Aren’t these lovely? I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Finishes, Quilt of Valor, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Using Pantographs

Posted on April 20, 2016 by katyquilts

I’ve been quilting lots of pantographs lately. I thought I would share a bit about how they are used and how I space the rows of the design. This first pictures shows a Quilt of Valor loaded and ready for quilting. … Continue reading →

Posted in Long Arm Quilting, Longarm Quilting, Pantographs, Uncategorized | 16 Comments

Quilt of Valor Week

Posted on April 19, 2016 by katyquilts

I spent a good chunk of my weekend quilting QOVs. These tops were all pieced by members of the Stitching Sisters group. They do such beautiful work! I love quilting these. I have four more to do. I hope to … Continue reading →

Posted in Finishes, Quilt of Valor, Uncategorized | 11 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 15 Comments

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