Category Archives: Vintage Fabrics

A Small Finish

Posted on July 29, 2014 by katyquilts

I finished my SQT challenge quilt yesterday. I didn’t realize until I was taking pictures that I messed up the block layout! Oh well, it is growing on me and overall, I am pleased with how this turned out. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Doll Quilts, Finishes, Miniature, Small Quilt Talk Group, Uncategorized, Vintage Fabrics | 9 Comments

A New Project

Posted on April 5, 2014 by katyquilts

I have a cousin getting married at the end of May and I decided to make a nap quilt for a wedding gift. I had plenty of Noteworthy by Sweetwater left over from the cross quilt I made for my … Continue reading →

Posted in Doll Quilts, Fresh Modern Quilts, Uncategorized, Vintage Fabrics | 2 Comments

Finish it up Friday

Posted on April 4, 2014 by katyquilts

I had three small finishes and one big one this week. My bigger finish is the shirting quilt I was working on but since the weather is so nasty, I don’t have pictures yet. I finished two more small quilts … Continue reading →

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Slow Stitching Sunday

Posted on January 19, 2014 by katyquilts

I spent a little time hand sewing the binding on my SQT challenge quilt today. I used a single fold binding this time. I found a bit of old feedback to use for the back. It finished up at a … Continue reading →

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Design Wall Monday

Posted on September 23, 2013 by katyquilts

Remember the vintage blocks I got on vacation? I wanted to put them together but they varied greatly in size and were not even close to being square. I had some vintage shirting fabric that I cut onto 2″ strips … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Wall Monday, Traditional Quilts, Vintage Fabrics | 7 Comments

Bonus round Yahtzee!

Posted on August 4, 2013 by katyquilts

I was looking through Craigslist and found that someone listed a quilt top for $15. The pictures were very blurry. Here is part of the ad: I figured it would be a good top to practice machine  quilting anyway so … Continue reading →

Posted in Vintage Fabrics, Vintage Quilts | 9 Comments

Friday Finish!

Posted on July 19, 2013 by katyquilts

I finished quilting and binding the vintage spool top tonight. Here are picks before washing: Honestly, there are a few tucks and puckers on the top. I ended up quilting with one hand on the machine and one on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Machine quilting, Vintage Fabrics, Vintage Quilts | 8 Comments

Frame Friday

Posted on July 19, 2013 by katyquilts

I finally started quilting the vintage top I purchased and loaded. After consulting with the Home Machine Quilting Systems Yahoo Group, it seemed that a meander would be the best choice to eat up the extra fabric in the blocks.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Vintage Fabrics, Vintage Quilts | 2 Comments

Another vintage find…

Posted on July 17, 2013 by katyquilts

Here is a vintage top I purchased in an antique mall in Traverse City. It looks like someone laundered the top causing some fraying. It is all hand pieced. I plan to quilt this on my Avante. Each block pillows … Continue reading →

Posted in Machine quilting, Traditional Quilts, Vintage Fabrics | 2 Comments

A very tiny finish…

Posted on June 18, 2013 by katyquilts

So many things still to do and yet, I haven’t done any real sewing in nearly a week. So when I spotted some tiny hourglass blocks in the sewing room, I decided this was a project of a size I … Continue reading →

Posted in Doll Quilts, Vintage Fabrics | 2 Comments