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!

Quilt Show!

Posted on March 15, 2013 by katyquilts

Our local guild is holding its biannual show this weekend. This is the first year I have joined in a long time. Daughter #3 went to the show with me this afternoon and took the following photos. This was one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Quilts, Machine quilting, Traditional Quilts, Vintage Fabrics | 2 Comments

101 Small Quilts and things that make you go hmm…..

Posted on March 13, 2013 by katyquilts

I have been part of the Small Quilt Talk group on yahoo for a little while now. Recently, there has been quite a buzz about the new book 101 Small Quilts. I got my copy yesterday at the library. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Doll Quilts, Traditional Quilts, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Another Scrappy Triangle Quilt

Posted on March 12, 2013 by katyquilts

Since I have been working with my Denyse Schmidt prints lately, I was inspired to create another scrappy triangles doll quilt using some DS scraps. I quilted it in my random grid pattern which means no measuring, no marking, no … Continue reading →

Posted in Doll Quilts, Free Motion Quilting, Machine quilting, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

QOV and another new project

Posted on March 10, 2013 by katyquilts

A migraine this weekend meant not as much progress as I would have liked. I did manage to get 12 of these blocks together for a Quilt of Valor Friday night. I still need to add borders and it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Fresh Modern Quilts, Quilt of Valor, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Decisions, decisions…

Posted on March 6, 2013 by katyquilts

Trying to decide on the background fabric … Any thoughts?

Posted in Modern Quilts | 1 Comment

And now for something completely different….

Posted on March 6, 2013 by katyquilts

I bought these African fabrics years ago in the fabric market on Paris. I got the idea for using them this way from Malka Dubroski. It will have 9 blocks when finished and they are large at 18″. I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Quilts, Fresh Modern Quilts, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Uglies

Posted on March 5, 2013 by katyquilts

Here is my quilted, bound, and washed quilt for the March SmallTalkQuilt challenge. We were supposed to use ugly fabrics but I think I love most of the scraps I used. Or maybe the uglies just look better set amongst … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Doll Quilts, Traditional Quilts, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Design Wall Monday

Posted on March 4, 2013 by katyquilts

I am linking up with Judi at Patchwork Times for design wall Monday. Here is what I am working on today: This is my sample block for my next QOV. I have the pieces cut for the rest of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Quilt of Valor | 3 Comments

Wedding quilt!

Posted on March 3, 2013 by katyquilts

The wedding shower for Daughter #1 was today so now I can show you the completed quilt. I used all Denyse Schmidt fabrics. It is machine pieced and machine quilted. The blocks are quilted with a meander with words included. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bed Quilts, Fresh Modern Quilts, Machine quilting, Traditional Quilts | 1 Comment

Eh…..not so much…

Posted on March 1, 2013 by katyquilts

Okay, so I finished my block a day February project. The spray chalk worked well and washed out completely. However, it revealed my truly awful machine quilting in the borders. Yuck! In the interest of full disclosure, here it is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War Repro Quilts, Machine quilting, Traditional Quilts | 2 Comments