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!

Finish It Up Friday ~ Baby Quilt

Posted on November 27, 2015 by katyquilts

I finished this baby quilt this week. Sadly, it has been raining nearly non stop since I did! So my indoor pics are not good. Welcome to winter in Michigan! This was a quick and easy project and yet, very … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 26, 2015 by katyquilts

  

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WIP Wednesday ~ Finally!

Posted on November 25, 2015 by katyquilts

I cannot tell you how happy I am to say that my sawtooth star blocks are all done! Here are the last of them. And the whole lot piled up.  I started these back in November of 2014 and this … Continue reading →

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A Small Finish

Posted on November 24, 2015 by katyquilts

Last year, Daughter #1 asked me to make a stocking for Little E to go with the stockings she had purchased for herself and SIL. They were kind of country/primitive and she wanted E’s to be similar in style. I … Continue reading →

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on November 23, 2015 by katyquilts

I hope you all had a great weekend. We did. I had time to sew yesterday and worked on the baby quilt that I cut out last week. This is my favorite print. I also got another QOV in the … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching and Crafterday Recap

Posted on November 22, 2015 by katyquilts

I’m definitely looking forward to a bit of this today: I really want to get one corner of Brinton Hall done. Yesterday was a wonderful time with Daughter #1. And Daughter #3.  Daughter #1 brought her Cricket over and helped … Continue reading →

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It’s Crafterday!

Posted on November 21, 2015 by katyquilts

My two local daughters are coming over to make stuff today! I can’t wait. I only with my AZ daughter and daughter in love could join us.  I finished quilting another QOV from the Stitching Sisters group.    This is … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday ~ QOV

Posted on November 20, 2015 by katyquilts

I had my Intrepid Thread challenge piece all done and the blog post written when I realized the big reveal isn’t until January! I had this QOV loaded and needing a Friday finish was just the motivation I needed to … Continue reading →

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Free Motion Quilting

Posted on November 19, 2015 by katyquilts

I spent a bit of time practicing some free motion work earlier this week. I’m not really over the moon about any of these.  I was trying to come up with a good idea for quilting my pillow top for … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday

Posted on November 18, 2015 by katyquilts

I’ve felt a bit restless this week and seem to move from project to project without focusing on any one thing for long. This morning I started cutting for a new project. Like I needed something else to distract me! … Continue reading →

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