Category Archives: Bed Quilts

The Batik Behemoth

Posted on July 9, 2013 by katyquilts

AKA BB for short. I made pretty good progress yesterday. I really appreciate all the comments and suggestions. After considering it all, I have decided to add 5″ borders and keep the center to 100 blocks. I am working the … Continue reading →

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on July 8, 2013 by katyquilts

I have 61 blocks done in the Batik Behemoth quilt. Here are a few on the design wall. And the rest of the finished blocks so far. Here is my current work station with block kits laid out in the … Continue reading →

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On your mark, get set, sew!

Posted on July 6, 2013 by katyquilts

And so it begins…. I cut just under a million strips from batiks last week for my MILs king sized quilt. She has called to inquire about my progress so I decided I could put it off no longer. It … Continue reading →

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Frame Friday

Posted on May 31, 2013 by katyquilts

Well the same quilt is still on the frame but I have made progress today! This is the first time I have used rulers and templates on an actual quilt (oh, except for the border on that one tumbler quilt). … Continue reading →

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Work in progress

Posted on May 29, 2013 by katyquilts

Now that I have a bigger frame, I am getting ready to quilt this top: As you can see, it is loaded and ready to go. I just have to decide how to quilt it! Any great ideas?

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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 →

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Wedding quilt progress….

Posted on February 20, 2013 by katyquilts

It’s a good thing I was ahead on my daily Shoo Fly blocks before I left town. I stitched the last one that I had cut out before work today. I am still ahead but not by much: I also … Continue reading →

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This and that….

Posted on February 10, 2013 by katyquilts

Yesterday, DH and I took a little road trip to our favorite outlet store. I was able to finish this sock except for the bind off. I heard about a good stretchy bind off but had failed to take the … Continue reading →

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Snow day!

Posted on February 9, 2013 by katyquilts

Welcome! This is what we woke up to this morning: All area schools were closed and the library was too! I so enjoyed my unexpected day off. I worked on loading the wedding quilt into the frame for quilting. I … Continue reading →

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Put a fork in it…

Posted on January 29, 2013 by katyquilts

…it’s done! Well, I do have to sew the label on and box it up. Now I am off to work! Until next time…

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