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Katie Adelmeyer Kasel

@katikat21

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Life is complete with family, friends, dogs and quilts.

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A few finishes:

Confetti Cake baby quilt, pattern by @patternbasket
Happy Checks kit and pattern by @quilt101
Baby Gingham pattern and kit by @quilt101
The Elena Quilt pattern by @kitchentablequilting 🩷 fabric by @tilda_usa

Made by me, quilted by me #katiekaselquilting #katiekaselquilting2026 #confetticake #elenaquilt by @katikat21

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14 days ago

Inner Beauty Pattern by @southerncharmquilts
Sunset Serenade fabric by @southerncharmquilts
Made and quilted by me
Mom and Baby Quilt for a special person
#katiekaselquilting #katiekaselquilting2026 by @katikat21

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14 days ago

Happy Birthday to my scrappy godmother, quilting confidante, and unapologetically bougie bestie, Katie @katikat21

Katie is the friend who blesses you with scraps, wisdom, laughter, and exactly the right question when you’re stuck. She never tells me what to think. Instead, she somehow always knows what to say to help me find my own answer. She is thoughtful, compassionate, hilarious, and one of the most genuinely generous people I know.

Whether she’s stitching beautiful quilts, supporting charitable causes, encouraging fellow makers, or spreading kindness wherever she goes, Katie leaves every person and every community better than she found it. Splitting her time between Pennsylvania and Arizona, she has built a quilting family that stretches far beyond geography, connecting people through her warmth, creativity, and enormous heart.

I am so grateful for your friendship, your counsel, your generosity, and, of course, for the mountains of fabulous scraps you have shared along the way.

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to a truly extraordinary human. May your year be filled with joy, adventure, friendship, good fabric, and every blessing you so freely give to others.

#katiekaselquilts #quiltyfriendsarethebest #quiltersofinstagram #quilting #bougiebestie by @katikat21

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24 days ago

Guuurl today my whole sewing room is buzzing because I just received a box back from my long armer Kristen @mashemodern , and you know that feeling when you slice the tape open and the quilt you dreamed up comes back transformed into a textured masterpiece. It is electric, it is emotional, it is everything. And today the quilt in that box is my tribute to Frida Kahlo, the woman who turned her life into art and her pain into power.

Born in Coyoacan in 1907, Frida survived illness, trauma, heartbreak, and a body that tried to limit her at every turn, but she refused to shrink. She painted her truth with no apology. She loved boldly, she lived fiercely, she fought for her culture, her politics, her queerness, her body, her voice. She showed the world that beauty is not perfection, beauty is honesty. That is exactly the energy stitched into every block of this quilt.

Her legacy reminds us that art can be resistance, art can be survival, art can be liberation. As she said, “I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best.”

And guuurl keep your eyes on my feed because I will be dropping closeups of this quilt.
Pattern: organic play by me
Pieced by me
Longarmer: @mashemodern
Scraps from Katie Kasel @katikat21

#FridaKahlo #QuiltersOfInstagram #ModernQuilting #Quilting #scrapquilt by @katikat21

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a month ago

I have a post over on Cotton+Steel, Ruby Star, buy, sell, trade on Facebook, reducing my stash…search my name… by @katikat21

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2 months ago

Finished this gorgeous quilt:

Pattern and Kit by @farmersdaughterstitches
Fabric is Juicy by @rubystarsociety
Piece and quilted by me
Panto is Peak Blossoms

#katiekaselquilting #katiekaselquilting2026 by @katikat21

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3 months ago

Has anyone else wanted to make this pattern? A beautiful kit now avail at @harkandharequiltco ….go check them out! If you love kits, like I do, it’s a great place to shop🩷 by @katikat21

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3 months ago

La Katie quilt has been gifted and my niece Katie loved her.

She even made her own quilt drop video: full drama, full joy, full purple powered magic. Watching her reveal it lit me up from the inside.

This quilt carries five generations of women from my family. In the months before my dad passed, he sent me photos of his grandmother and great grandmothers. His life’s work was making sure every human being was remembered, and that devotion is stitched into every inch of La Katie.

I hope this quilt gives her strength.
When she wraps herself in it, I hope she feels the power of all the women who walked before her and all the women who walk with her now.

Longarming by: @katikat21
Embroidered quotes by: @creativequiltncraft

#quiltreveal #quiltsinthewild #strongwomenquilt #feministart #Guncle by @katikat21

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3 months ago

On the frame today….a happy quilt top I just finished, in Juicy by @rubystarsociety! I love this panto Peak Blossoms. This quilt is going to be a gift for a special teacher🌸. #katiekaselquilting #katiekaselquilting2026 by @katikat21

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3 months ago

BEST STORE🩷🩷🩷 so many cool things, tastefully curated by Nikki, who I call my “Lil Sister”, but she is really a beautiful person, I have known a long time🩷. You can order online like me or go to International Falls, MN, to visit in person🌸 @havenhomemn.co #internationalfalls #bestgiftshops #havenhomeco by @katikat21

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La Katie quilt is finished, gurl, and she is radiating every ounce of purple power the ancestors intended. 💜✨

My dear friend Katie @katikat21 longarmed her, and let me tell you… she did an exceptional job. Every swirl, every curve, every line feels like a love letter to the women who came before us.

Five generations of my family are stitched into this quilt. In the months before my dad passed, he sent me photos of his grandmother and great grandmothers — honoring his life’s work of making sure every human being was remembered. That devotion lives in La Katie now.

This quilt is for my youngest niece, so she can feel the strength, softness, grit, and beauty of the women who shaped her story long before she arrived.

La Katie isn’t just finished.
She’s alive.
She’s legacy.
She’s love made visible.

#StrongWomenQuilt #craftivist #Quilting #feministart #Guncle by @katikat21

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3 months ago

In June, we celebrated Ellie! She is the cutest little character, with many expressions🩷🩷🩷 #katiekaselquilting #katiekaselquilting2026 by @katikat21

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3 months ago