Category Archives: Long Arm Quilting

WIP Wednesday ~ Quilting Gee’s Geese

Posted on October 12, 2016 by katyquilts

From the beginning, I knew I wanted to quilt this top with a close “organic” grid. I have done this on a number of other quilts and really love the overall effect. It gives lots of texture without taking away … Continue reading →

Choosing Pantographs

Posted on September 6, 2016 by katyquilts

I get questions about pantographs that I use on my long arm all the time. I’ve been wanting to put together a post discussing these as I thought it would be helpful to new long armers. And here it is! … Continue reading →

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A Custom Quilted QOV

Posted on August 27, 2016 by katyquilts

Here is a recent QOV top that I quilted. This beautiful top was made by Val. I love this pattern! I made a quilt all in Denyse Schmidt prints a few years ago like this and am planning to do another soon. … Continue reading →

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Pantograph Tutorial

Posted on August 18, 2016 by katyquilts

Someone recently asked me how I line up my pantographs for quilting. It’s a bit hard to explain, so I thought I would do a tutorial here. This beautiful top was made by Kathy from our Stitching Sisters QOV group. … Continue reading →

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Quilting for a Friend

Posted on August 17, 2016 by katyquilts

My friend, Donna, brought this top to me to quilt for her. Isn’t it lovely? She is fairly new to quilting, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at her quilts. She is good! See what I mean? I quilted … Continue reading →

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Quilting Progress

Posted on August 13, 2016 by katyquilts

I’ve been making slow progress on my Grant and Lee quilt. I’m loving the borders, but I’m not so crazy about the corners. But it will do. I went with circles on the black border. Some are a bit misshapen! … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday ~ Grant and Lee

Posted on August 10, 2016 by katyquilts

I finished the top and got this loaded into the frame. Now I am rather stumped on the quilting. I was leaning toward a feather border….I know, I know….not again! LOL But then I started playing around with some of … Continue reading →

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Saturday – Long Arm Quilting Decisions

Posted on July 30, 2016 by katyquilts

As promised, here is my post explaining my thought process in choosing the quilting design that I did for this top. Here is a photo of it unquilted. I left it hanging like this for a few days as I … Continue reading →

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Finish It Up Friday ~ QOV Edition

Posted on July 29, 2016 by katyquilts

These are the last two Quilts of Valor that I needed to get quilted for the Stitching Sisters group. The first one is by Kathy. I love her use of printed fabrics and they helped me decide how to quilt this. … Continue reading →

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Using Pantographs

Posted on April 20, 2016 by katyquilts

I’ve been quilting lots of pantographs lately. I thought I would share a bit about how they are used and how I space the rows of the design. This first pictures shows a Quilt of Valor loaded and ready for quilting. … Continue reading →

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