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 ~ Alphabet Animals

Posted on February 27, 2026 by katyquilts

My quilt for the panel challenge is done. It seemed a good place to use the ombré fabrics that I had. I shopped the club fabric closet and found this cute print for the back. I used these groovy boards … Continue reading →

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Chinese Coins

Posted on February 26, 2026 by katyquilts

I showed this bundle from my bag of garage sale goodies. This is what that bundle contained! So many possibilities! And it even has extra pieces. No doubt, I have some of my own scraps to add as well. Hmmm….off … Continue reading →

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Panel Project

Posted on February 25, 2026 by katyquilts

Our quilt group sew day this week was all about the panels. This is how mine started out. I then added three inch borders. I made hour glass blocks at our sew day. This picture was about deciding on fabrics. … Continue reading →

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Quilt Show!

Posted on February 24, 2026 by katyquilts

The Palo Verde Patchers held their quilt show last weekend. There were so many beautiful quilts! I though5 you might enjoy seeing some of them also. Enjoy! Have a great day!

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Leader/Ender Project

Posted on February 23, 2026 by katyquilts

I put all of these blocks from my garage sale haul onto the design wall. These are all the extra pieces that were included. I decided finishing these blocks would be a perfect little leader/ender project. And it is! Have … Continue reading →

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Garage Sale Finds

Posted on February 22, 2026 by katyquilts

Mr. Wonderful and I got up a couple garage sales last week. One had quilting stuff! I got this bag full for $5. Here are a few of the things inside. I will show more soon! Have a great day!

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This and That

Posted on February 21, 2026 by katyquilts

We went up to Prescott recently and stopped at our favorite pizza place. Best pizza ever! This came in a bag of sewing scraps that I bought at a yard sale. Any idea what it is? I stuck it on … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Tiles

Posted on February 20, 2026 by katyquilts

This quilt spent months in my head, much longer than it took to actually make it. I used these design boards to quilt it. It was the first time I used this set and almost immediately regretted it. But there … Continue reading →

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Panel Challenge

Posted on February 19, 2026 by katyquilts

My local quilt group is holding a panel challenge. They had a bunch of panels to choose from at the last meeting. The idea is that we each come up with a plan and then work on our tops at … Continue reading →

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Buttons!

Posted on February 18, 2026 by katyquilts

When my sweet mother in love moved at Christmas, I got a gallon size ziploc bag of buttons! These originally belonged to my FILs mother. I could spend days looking at these! Aren’t they fun? I’d love to come up … Continue reading →

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