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!

Slow Stitching Sunday

I hope to get to a little slow stitching in later today putting a binding on this little piece. I couldn’t find the walking foot for this machine or I would have added more quilting. Yesterday, we took a break … Continue reading

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May Goals Revisited, Looking Ahead to June

Here is my list of goals for May and the results: 1. Finish the Album block quilt. DONE! YAY!!!!! 2. The Small Quilt Talk May challenge quilt. Not done. Started it but messed up and never got back to it. … Continue reading

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UFOs and Painting

I’ve been picking a bit through the bits from the sewing room that I can get to looking for little projects to finish. I found this one: This is at least 5 years old. I would like to add borders … Continue reading

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Working, working, working…

And a wee bit of sewing: Still not sure how they will go together. Also started painting, the new paint is on the right. And a picture of my happy thought: Now back to work! Have a great weekend. Linking … Continue reading

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Dreaming…

It’s what I have to do to keep motivated on this project! I’ve been scouring Pinterest for ideas. I really like this work table: We are getting closer on the office floor but that closet won’t be fun. This is … Continue reading

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Work in Progress Wednesday

I found a few more Kaffe scraps, uncovered my die cutter, and cut a few more HSTs to match the ones I have been working on. Because I die cut these, no trimming will be required. Yay! I got off … Continue reading

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Little by Little

That’s how a quilt is made or a basement remodeled. I finished trimming triangles. I ended up with about 180 of them. They are cut to 2″ so they will finish at 1 1/2″. Lots of filling of holes, cleaning … Continue reading

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Memorial Day

And thankful for this one who serves. Thank you , Annie.

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Design Wall Monday

I am still trimming triangles but had enough done to play a bit with them. They look so nice all trimmed up! Still a few more to go though. Even the trimmings are pretty. Linking up with Judy at Patchwork … Continue reading

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Hunting for HSTs

I went looking for a box of HSTs I had cut to go with the 4 patches I was making, but they did not appear. I did find some bonus HSTs that were left over from this project though. They … Continue reading

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