Your memories,
stitched to last
At Katie Bug Quilting, we transform your favorite t-shirts, award ribbons, ball caps, neckties, and photos into beautiful, timeless quilts, pillows, and teddy bears, handmade with love in the Virginia Blue Ridge area.
Our Services
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Preserve T-shirts, sweatshirts, neckties, ribbons, and photos in a custom quilt designed to keep your keepsakes out of the closet.
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Capture the memories of a guestbook in the colors and style of your wedding, retirement, anniversary, graduation, or event.
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Get expert and careful repair or restoration of your fabrics and quilts. Or repurpose fabrics into a quilt, pillow, or keepsake.
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Celebrate your cause, church, town, or team with a custom quilted wall hanging, favors, raffle item, or display piece.
How It Works
Gather your t-shirts, jerseys, neckties, baby clothes, or any meaningful fabrics. Ship them to us or drop them off.
Step One: Send Your Fabrics
We hand-plan a custom layout for your fabrics, then cut and sew every block with care. Each quilt is designed around your story and the materials you’ve sent us.
Step Two: Design Your Quilt
When your quilt is finished, we carefully package it and send it home to you, ready to be gifted, displayed, or treasured for generations.
Step Three: Receive Your Heirloom
Meet Cathie
I'm Cathie, and I've been stitching memories into quilts for families across Virginia for years. When shirts, ribbons, and fabrics are too special to throw away, I turn them into something you can actually use and love.
Every quilt (and every type of quilt) is planned with my customers, then cut and sewn by me, in my home studio.
Got a pile of keepsakes sitting in a closet somewhere? Let’s make something beautiful.
What families are saying
“Hi Cathie,
I just received the blanket. Thank you so much for helping me to honor my husband’s memory. Your work is IMPECCABLE! I appreciate you, and I pray that the Lord will continue to bless your business”
“He was speechless (which is rare)! It speaks volumes and has received many awesome reviews.”
“Each and every quilt you’ve made for us has captured the different personalities of the recipients. It is admired by everyone that sees it!”
Ready to turn your memories into something you can hold?
Every quilt starts with a conversation. Tell me about your fabrics, and I’ll take it from there, stitch by stitch.