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Design Wall Monday

Posted on December 2, 2013 by katyquilts

I hope you all had a great weekend! So sorry to have it end. Now onto to Christmas. But first, a wee little me project. The challenge for the Small Quilt Talk group this month is to make something with … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on December 1, 2013 by katyquilts

I am finally starting some Christmas sewing. I got two of the dog beds finished yesterday and have two more to go. Yesterday, I showed the quilting on the front and this is the bottom: I decided a simple meander … Continue reading →

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Quilting on fleece

Posted on November 30, 2013 by katyquilts

I wanted to try quilting on fleece. I did not want another practice piece laying around though. So I decided to make dog beds. This is actually a forest green fleece. First I embroidered her name and the layered with … Continue reading →

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Thankful

Posted on November 29, 2013 by katyquilts

I had such a wonderful Thanksgiving! Daughter #1 cooked her first turkey Wednesday night and hosted our Thanksgiving dinner with help from Daughter #3. It was lovely! Yesterday, hubby and I spent the day at home with Daughter #3 and … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 28, 2013 by katyquilts

I have so very much to be thankful for! Here are a few things: My wonderful hubby! My kids! Our military men and women. My home. And just for fun, I have been playing with an app on my phone: … Continue reading →

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A finish!

Posted on November 27, 2013 by katyquilts

I am happy to say that I got the QOV I was working on bound and washed yesterday. And here it is! The credit it for this design goes to Mary at Making Stash Quilts from Stash. She had recently … Continue reading →

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Dye running update

Posted on November 26, 2013 by katyquilts

Remember last week when I washed a finished quilt and the red dye ran? I was baffled by this as I had used the same fabrics before without trouble….or so I thought…. I went to label this QOV and decided … Continue reading →

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Nearing the QOV finish line!

Posted on November 26, 2013 by katyquilts

I got the QOV quilted yesterday and hope to get it bound before work today. I used Glide thread in the borders, Superior’s monopoly in the center, and Superior’s Bottom Line in the bobbin. I am out of Magna Glide … Continue reading →

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Design Frame Monday?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by katyquilts

My designing today will happen at the frame as I try to finish this QOV. I finished my two little UFOs for the SQT November challenge yesterday. Here is the one I can show you: The pieces are pretty small! … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on November 24, 2013 by katyquilts

The Small Quilt Talk yahoo group decided that our November challenge would be to finish a UFO. I have two small ones that have been bugging me. Remember this one? In analyzing why I couldn’t bring myself to finish this, … Continue reading →

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