r/quilting

I somehow broke 2 machines while working on it so I had to gift her the unfinished version! But by far my favorite project to date!! Loved gifting it ❤️

Lol. I'm in the preparation phase for the disappearing hour glass quilt. I'm a bit nervous about cutting the fabric as these are my very first fat quarters to cut. I did the math several times but I wanted to be 100% sure the finished block has the right size. So I decided to make a mock up block to get an impression and created this monstrosity. There was no iron involved. The seam allowance was guessed. I did a mistake in the very first seam but decided to continue anyway. I measured once and cut twice. Everything was hushed. And now I'm kind of disgusted/impressed of the outcome and wanted to share. (this block will end up as stuffing)

When I was a young lad my grandmother made me a satin quilt as a baby blanket. I loved it so much I carried it everywhere for years. She even had to remake it 2 or 3 times because mine got tattered or lost.

When my sister announced her pregnancy I suggested to my mom (who learned quilting from her mother) we make the baby his own satin quilted baby blanket. This past weekend I flew down to see my mom and to work on this quilt top for my nephew. After 3 days of non stop work this is what we ended up with!

Funnily enough, we started on the pattern’s throw size but after getting everything cut and one column done we realized it would be much too big. We ended up using only a quarter of the panels to reduce the size. Meaning if the baby is anything like me and my mom needs to remake the blanket, she has enough materials cut and ready to make 3 more!

I wanted to make a quilt as a gift and an opportunity sprung with my cousin's daughter turning 2 last month. So I decided to make her this quilt! It's my third quilt ever.

No specific pattern, but i did use my quilt tool https://ackley14.github.io/quiltthing/ to figure out how i wanted to lay everything out.

This was also my first go at HSTs and so my corners are....a bit off lol.

overall i'm pleased! its corners are not perfectly squared up but none of my quilts seem to be haha. and the top stitching doesn't really match the lines but that was because my corners didn't line up perfectly and i figured straight lines were better than janky lines .

also my first time doing sashing or corner stones. was a big learning experience but a lot of fun!

Ok I really don’t like this quilt I have started using a jelly roll. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it look cuter lol it’s just so busy and urgh. Or am I overthinking this.

I made one for my best friend a few years ago and then another good friend of mine saw the picture and she told me that she loved purple and green and those are her colors so then I made her one as well. My eldest son saw the one I was making for her and told me how much he loves it and could I make him one as well. The first one had a different pattern. The second two I just did the same thing but with different borders.

Added a koala block to my Australian quilt. I wonder what to do for the next block?

With a week to spare, this went to the long arm today. Star Pop 2. All Ruby Star (except one robot print) This will be my kid's dorm room throw. Starry, speckled, egg and friends, geometry, achroma, etc.

Made this baby quilt for a friend - completely made and quilted with a standard machine (Singer 5528 from 1982).

My first attempt at meandering quilting with my machine. I’ve only been sewing for a couple of months so very proud

made using my grandmother's x-rays and MRIs

Hi all! Beginner quilter here - this is my first attempt at a quilt, and I think I’m ready to call it. I’m almost done with the quilt top, but after laying it out today I noticed that the pink/red row has the wrong seam allowance the whole way through. I already wasn’t loving my color choices, especially the red and yellow checkered section which looks a little too ketchup and mustard to me. I just know I won’t have the motivation to keep going if I choose to keep working on this one right now.

Does anyone have ideas for what I could do with the completed rows? Could they be reused in another quilt pattern or turned into a smaller project? I’m bummed because this took a long time, but I did learn a lot and got much better at sewing straight lines, so I’m trying to count that as a win. Would love any creative ideas!

This is supposed to be the chunky Charlie quilt pattern but in a horrible colorway of my own choosing

This naughty girl has been collecting dust for 5+ years. I hand sewed half of it and machine sewed half. Seam allowance seemingly ranges between .5 to .00001 inches. Would you 1. fix it enough to lay (kinda) flat and just quilt it as is? Or 2. seam rip and redo? I would need to recut and remeasure because some of the edges are pretty frayed. I have a few more squares of each color and a lot of the filler dark purple fabric. Or some other third option I haven’t thought of?
Feel free to roast.

Finally got this one out of WIP jail and finished it. I hadn't tried a patchwork back yet and I really love how it turned out! Also the first time making a quilted pillowcase and now I want to make a matching one for every quilt I make lol!

this is a sample i made for my shop (to sell kits) of the paint pans pillow by moda. They have a free pattern on their site and I’ve wanted to make it for such a long time. I love how it turned out!

This is my work in progress. The instructions say sew all the blocks in a row and then sew each row to the next. I have two questions!

First, how do you stack them to sew efficiently AND without confusing pieces?? It seems obvious but I'm missing it. Like for the first row, I sew 1+2, 3+4, etc and then sew each of those pairs together? It feels so prone to mistakes.

Second, I am worried about warping if I sew two long columns together, is that unfounded?

Thanks community! Love seeing all your work all the time.

This quilt top took way longer than I was planning, but the top is done!

I'll spend the evening watching a movie & clipping stray threads on the back (my god this fabric likes to fray). Maybe a glass of wine or two.

And tomorrow I'll make the quilt sandwich & then start start quilting. Yay.

I started my sewing hobby about a year ago mostly making men's shirts for myself out of fun quilting cottons and have since made a faux fur lounge (and grocery store) coat and a jacket from a fun geometric upholstery fabric. I got the itch to try a quilt and drafted my own pattern from some references based on a log cabin block pattern. Little did I realize what I was in for matching all the corners up!
Finished size should be right at 48" x 72" perfect as a couch throw but longer to actually cover feet!

The quilt shop was out of the lightest blue so I assembled what I could and went back when it came in.

I went with the speckle for the backing but I also looked at a dark gray solid and a cross hatched fabric as well.

I'm not sure if I want a diagonal diamond pattern or squares for the quilting pattern.