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

I finally have pics of my completed Quilt of Valor. Seems like I have had this one in process forever. So without further ado: By the way, while I was still struggling with how to quilt this, I sent a … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday

This is a quilt I made way back in 1998 when we lived in Chatou, France. Daughter #1 was just 9 at the time. She helped me hand quilt this in the Baptist fan pattern. I told her if she … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress Wednesday, I mean Thursday!

I managed to lose a day this week! Mr. Wonderful came home safely from China last night so yesterday was spent working and trying to finish up all the things around the house I wanted to do before he got … Continue reading →

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Vintage HST Mini Quilt

Sunday, I showed you bits of a little quilt I was working on made from vintage scraps. The binding is finished and here it is!I use a single fold binding technique on this and it turned out well except for … Continue reading →

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DWMonday

I have had a great time sewing this past weekend. The weather was rainy and it was a perfect time to stay inside and sew. I’ve been trying to come up with a design for a wall quilt using these … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Hubby is out if town on business this weekend and I have been getting as much sewing time in as possible! I have also done other things but I guess I am making up for time away from the sewing … Continue reading →

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Does anyone have any of this?

I have one small scrap left of a very old fabric. No clue who made or designed it. I have used this in so many things. It is one of those odd fabrics that works everywhere. I would love to … Continue reading →

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It worked!

The other day, I shared my dilemma with my little shoo fly quilt. It was an early long arming victim of mine and I wanted to save it. I am quite happy to say that I was able to add … Continue reading →

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Finish it up Friday

I finished my little 4 patch quilt the other day. As you know, I had a terrible time deciding on a border fabric. As I was putting some fabrics away, I spied another choice altogether. This I could be happy … Continue reading →

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Requilting a quilt?

I made this quilt about a year and a half ago. It was one of my first times using rulers and quilting feathers on my previous long arm. Yeah, not so thrilled with the border. The feathers are bad enough … Continue reading →

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