Category Archives: Free Motion Quilting

Finish It Up Friday ~ Beachballs

Posted on April 22, 2016 by katyquilts

I started this quilt last week on a bit of a whim. I have no need for yet another baby quilt, but I ran across a small stack  of my hand dyed fabrics and had an idea suddenly pop into … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quilts, Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Hand Dyed Fabric, Uncategorized | 31 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Metro Hoops Runner

Posted on March 18, 2016 by katyquilts

It stopped raining just long enough to to take a few pictures of my finished table runner the other day. I found it very difficult to get pictures showing the true color of the hand dyed fabrics I used. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafty Things, Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Hand Dyed Fabric, Uncategorized | 21 Comments

Conversation Heart Mini Quilt

Posted on February 13, 2016 by katyquilts

Some projects come about in the strangest ways…..yesterday morning, I had just finished quilting  a lap sized quilt and realized I had a fair amount of backing fabric left. Rather than taking it off the frame, I cast about for … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Precuts, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Graffiti Quilting

Posted on February 9, 2016 by katyquilts

I made another small quilt this past weekend to practice more graffiti quilting.   I darkened these pictures a bit so the quilting would show up better. You can see the flannel backing in this next picture. Before I started … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Motion Quilting, HQ Avante, Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Intrepid Thread Challenge Reveal!

Posted on January 16, 2016 by katyquilts

A while back, Julie from Intrepid Thread    invited people to participate in a challenge using these fabrics: You could make anything you wanted as long as you posted pictures on Instagram. I cut my fabrics up into 2 1/2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Morning Star

Posted on January 8, 2016 by katyquilts

This turned out to be my last finish for 2015. And it is one of, if not my oldest, UFOs so that makes it a great finish! The first series of pictures were taken before washing. I used Glide thread … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday

Posted on December 30, 2015 by katyquilts

I finally started quilting my Morning Star UFO. I used green thread for the piano key border. I’m having a hard time keeping this straight and even. Hopefully it won’t show much! I am also using the green for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Machine quilting, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

WIP Wednesday

Posted on December 9, 2015 by katyquilts

I been working to finish the last of the QOV tops that I have here. This lovely top was pieced by one of the members of the Stitching Sisters QOV group. It took me quite a while to decide how … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Motion Quilting, HQ Avante, Quilt of Valor, Quilting Designs, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Free Motion Quilting

Posted on November 19, 2015 by katyquilts

I spent a bit of time practicing some free motion work earlier this week. I’m not really over the moon about any of these.  I was trying to come up with a good idea for quilting my pillow top for … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Motion Quilting, HQ Avante | 7 Comments

Finish It Up Friday – The Tree Quilt

Posted on October 30, 2015 by katyquilts

The second sister quilt is done! This quilt surely did not want to cooperate for pictures! It took three outings to get any photos  at all to use. Even then, my only straight shot of the whole thing had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Finishes, Free Motion Quilting | 27 Comments