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!

Work in Progress Wednesday

Posted on May 13, 2015 by katyquilts

Once again, I went out of town for the weekend and came home sick. Blech. Thankfully, I had yesterday off as I had originally planned to stay one more day than I did. I did a bit of hand piecing … Continue reading →

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DWMonday

Posted on May 11, 2015 by katyquilts

I’m on the way home from a great weekend visiting family. Before I left, I spent don’t time playing with designs for my paper pieced log cabin blocks on EQ7. Here are a few I came up with: Still not … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday

Posted on May 8, 2015 by katyquilts

One of my goals for May was to finish this vintage log cabin top that Mr. Wonderful  gave me for Christmas 2013.   It needed a few seam repairs and didn’t exactly lay flat or square. It looks as though someone … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday

Posted on May 7, 2015 by katyquilts

I am traveling today so I prepared a few blog posts ahead. I thought I would share another  of my older quilts. This one is hand pieced and hand  quilted.      This one is a cover girl of sorts, having … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday

Posted on May 6, 2015 by katyquilts

I’ve been working on a small quilt for the swap hosted by Lori of Humble Quilts. I started with this:  But it was lacking. So I decided to add more and got to this. Better, but I’m still not in … Continue reading →

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Scrap Busting!

Posted on May 5, 2015 by katyquilts

I have a large enamelware container that I have been throwing all my little civil war repro scraps in for my paper pieced log cabin blocks. Now that I have finished these blocks, it was time to deal with that … Continue reading →

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on May 4, 2015 by katyquilts

We had a gorgeous weekend here weather wise! My outdoor sewing room worked out so well!  The enamel pan to the left holds my scraps. I put the tray on top to keep my pretty scraps from flying away in … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on May 3, 2015 by katyquilts

A little bit different slow stitching today:    I am working on my paper pieced log cabin blocks on the deck with one of my hand crank machines. This is a a singer Model 99 and it dates to the … Continue reading →

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April Wrap Up and May Goals

Posted on May 2, 2015 by katyquilts

Where does time go? It whizzes by impossibly fast. Here it is already time to take a look at  what I accomplished (or didn’t) this past month. My April goals: 1. First off is to finish the last QOV top … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday

Posted on May 1, 2015 by katyquilts

I have two Quilt of Valor finishes to share today. These were both pieced by members of the Stitching Sisters QOV group. They will go back to them for binding, labeling, and presenting. This lovely star quilt was made by … Continue reading →

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