Kathy's Quilts and Stitching

We are back from camping at Killbear Provincial Park. It was a relaxing vacation for the family but for me, it's a lot of work - packing...

I forgot to mention that Jill, over at the Quilt Rat blog gave me an award a couple of weeks ago. I don't know how it slipped my mind, ...

I enjoy sewing the mystery blocks at Paper Panache  and have made many of them over the years. These blocks combine two of my favorite activ...

Remember this photo from a previous design wall pos t? I have been playing around with these disappearing 9 patch blocks and trying to make ...

It's a beautiful sunny, hot summer day here and I am relaxing, staying cool, doing some beading and watching some of the PGA golf tourna...

I am still quilting every day on my DD and starting to feel a little excited about approaching the binding stage...almost to the end of the ...

Summer is finally here...better late than never! And with the sun and the heat comes a desire to  enjoy the great outdoors. And what better ...

Every year that I have been blogging I have written a midsummer blueberry post and today's the day! If you aren't going blueberry pi...

When I was in Paducah in April I purchased a refill bottle of "Linen Water" by accident, thinking it was "Best Press". W...

...with the garden It has been such a wet, cool summer that my garden isn't coming along very well. The peas have turned mouldy and all ...

I was experiencing machine quilting overload this week and was  itching to do some piecing. So I indulged myself with some old pink and purp...

I am still working on quilting my Double Delight blocks.  I finished quilting the 20 star blocks (see them here ) and then moved on to the o...

The weather here has been anything but summery...cool and rainy most of the time. It has been too cold to swim in the lake and too wet to wa...

Yes.. .I did finish the wedding quilt in time to be wrapped and given to the bride on the day of her wedding. I was hand stitching the label...

My cousin is getting married and I had been thinking about what to get her for a gift, when I had a crazy thought: "Why don't I dig...

I have been machine quilting like a maniac this week. I'm surprised my Brother machine hasn't given me any grief and tried to warn m...

I have finished pin basting my DD quilt and remembered how much I love my Kwik Klip tool. I have used this tool to baste every quilt I'v...

I have been thinking about prioritizing my UFOs since I read this blog post  by Sue. I joined the UFO club at my guild several years ago and...

To relax after my family camping "holiday", I have been working  on the latest Paper Panache mystery block and it is a doozie! If...