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

The plan for today is to finish the hand stitching on this binding. I was thrilled to find this binding ready to go in my stash. There may have been better choices, but it’s hard to beat using something already … Continue reading

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This and That

Another week has flown by! I’m happy to say the box pile has been somewhat reduced. My sewing room is much more crowded than I like though. I picked this book up at Goodwill and I have been really enjoying … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ JT Pillows

This was a fun project and very quick! Here are my three pillow tops, all made with my hand dyed fabric. This is the envelope style backing. Ta daaa! I know the colors aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it … Continue reading

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Quilting the 9 Patch

I added borders and loaded this on the frame. I decided Baptist Fans would look good on this. And they did! Until I messed up the alignments. That lead to some grumbling and ripping. But it’s now done and ready … Continue reading

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A Sweet Treat!

This deal from AccuQuilt is too good not to share! But don’t wait, this deal ends tonight. Click here for some sweet shopping! This post contains affiliate links.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

I’m so thankful for all of you and your sweet comments over the years. I hope you enjoy this look back at some of the heart quilts I’ve made over the years. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Pillow Progress

I chose my fabrics and got started on my June Tailor pillow kit. ! I decided to use some of my long hoarded hand dyes. These kits are similar to foundation paper piecing, except the lines are for fabric placementment, … Continue reading

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Something New

As some of you may know, June Tailor became part of AccuQuilt last year. They sent me this fun kit for making pillows so I could share the process with all of you! The kit has pattern directions and this … Continue reading

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! We are having Daughter #2 and SIL over later to watch the game (and commercials!). I plan to work on this during the game. I know it’s hard to see, but I did get quite a … Continue reading

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This and That

Need a free pattern for a Valentine quilt? This one I wrote for AccuQuilt is under the free patterns tab on their site. This just made me laugh! I’m a real introvert so this doesn’t seem like a bad idea … Continue reading

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