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!

This and That

Posted on February 28, 2026 by katyquilts

Another puzzle finish! It’s fun to look at this and remember the parks we’ve been to, I watched this series years ago and loved it! I just started watching it again. Daughters #2 picked up this rock for me while … Continue reading →

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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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