Category Archives: Fresh Modern Quilts

Finish It Up ~ A Lotta Triangles

Posted on March 3, 2021 by katyquilts

The one thing I liked about my original idea for this quilt, was the strings of HSTs. So I kept that idea and decided to give all these strings and lovely prints a bit more breathing room. I cut 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Finishes 2021, Fresh Modern Quilts, Uncategorized | 13 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Half Hexies

Posted on December 28, 2018 by katyquilts

I had several rows of this quilt put together before I left for AZ. Mr. Wonderful did all of the Christmas cooking so I was able to sneak down to the sewing room to do another row or two here … Continue reading →

Posted in Finishes, Fresh Modern Quilts, Pantographs, Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ A Modern Quilt

Posted on December 21, 2018 by katyquilts

My last big quilt for this year is done! I love the texture from the quilting. Here it is on my guest room bed. It looks huge here! And it was! Until I washed it. Boy, did this shrink! A … Continue reading →

Posted in Bed Quilts, Finishes, Fresh Modern Quilts, Uncategorized | 15 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ 36 Patch

Posted on September 14, 2018 by katyquilts

Today I’m sharing my finished 36 Patch quilt with you! It has 72 blocks that finish at 9 inches each. The small squares each finish at 1 1/2 inches. The quilting was all done freehand on my long arm, Friday. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bed Quilts, Finishes, Fresh Modern Quilts, UFOs, Uncategorized | 17 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Baby Tumbler

Posted on August 3, 2018 by katyquilts

I love making tumbler quilts! My tumbler dies from Accuquilt are some of my favorites. I used this Denyse Schmidt print from my stash for the backing. I used the new old Pfaff for the binding. I’m not sure why … Continue reading →

Posted in Accuquilt, Baby Quilts, Finishes, Fresh Modern Quilts, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Is Begun Really Half Done?

Posted on May 24, 2018 by katyquilts

I hope so! I gotta say, I had a hard time starting the quilting on this after I loaded it. The piecing is very simple, the quilting would either make or break this one. I wanted a feather border so … Continue reading →

Posted in Bed Quilts, Free Motion Quilting, Fresh Modern Quilts, HQ Forte, Long Arm Quilting, Longarm Quilting, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Kewpie Quilt

Posted on November 10, 2017 by katyquilts

I finished this little girl quilt up this week. I might just save this for a Valentine baby! I kept the quilting simple, just loops with a heart thrown in now and again. Here’s the back. This fabric is cute, … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quilts, Finishes, Fresh Modern Quilts, Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Finish on Thursday!

Posted on October 19, 2017 by katyquilts

Today I’m sharing my latest baby quilt finish. I’m really pleased with this one! You can find my block tutorial for this here.  And here is some oversharing of the quilting, just because I love it! The backing is an old … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quilts, Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Fresh Modern Quilts, Long Arm Quilting, Longarm Quilting, Uncategorized | 23 Comments

Topographical Quilting 

Posted on October 12, 2017 by katyquilts

I loaded this baby quilt on the fame and then had to figure out how to quilt it. I wanted to do something freehand and decided that quilting it rather like a topographical map would look good. I’ve done this … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quilts, Free Motion Quilting, Fresh Modern Quilts, HQ Avante, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Finish It Up Friday ~ Baby Quilt 

Posted on September 15, 2017 by katyquilts

Here is the finished bab quilt that I gave to my friend at her shower last weekend. I quilted swirls on the sides and continuous curve in the parallelograms. I managed to e p enough matching fabrics for a pieced … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Quilts, Finishes, Free Motion Quilting, Fresh Modern Quilts, Long Arm Quilting, Longarm Quilting, Uncategorized | 10 Comments