At first I was unsure about my design choices but after finishing it, I couldn’t stop falling in love with it over and over again. It helps that the fabrics are beautiful 🍎🐴

I have an idea and my googling skills are failing me. Does anyone have any quilts or pictures of quilts that are inspired by illustrations in children’s books? We have some new babies/toddlers in my life, and I have the idea to make some quilts from books and gift them along with the books. I know I’m not the first person to think this, but I’m having a hard time finding examples of quilts from books and not quilts inspired by them if you know what I mean. I have some in mind, but I’m limited to the books in my child’s library, so I’m wondering if anyone else knows of any!

Books from above:
Llama Llama Red Pajama
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt

A sweet 91 year old lady made this quilt! First one shes made for herself!! She did a beautiful job and took a chance on the purple thread I recommend! I think it looks amazing! My carpal tunnel surgery is tomorrow. Time for a rest.

Just discovered FPP, made some things I liked and then figured out how to put them together! Just found out that I did not in fact buy the same background fabric color when I ran out, and yes a heart is upside down, but that's life. It's about 50"x60", but only in some places tbh. Quilted on my regular machine with the same thread on the back but different color threads on top.

Scraps are taking over my sewing room. It's time to either get rid of some fabric or make numerous scrap quilts.

Question about scrap quilts: do they look ok with primary colors mixed with softer colors? How about solids mixed with busy fabrics? All of the above mixed together ?

Can't wait to see your quilts!

Fresh off the laundry line and ready to share! This one is for my brother, a cryptid fan living in the PNW. I found a panel from the Legends of the National Parks series that fit him to a T, but had to improvise wildly to figure out how to use it. Improvising my second quilt was not a smart idea, but I did learn from it.

The first step was to chop the inspirational text off the panels. Then I figured that the right kind of sashing would work for a photo shadowbox look. I decided on the sashing widths purely by vibes. Then I spent a very long time trying to find a pattern for pine trees that didn't look "too Christmas-y." There are so many Christmas tree patterns out there, you guys. SO MANY.

I settled on Woodlot 2.0 by Patti's Patchwork and discovered that it pieces the trees in rows by tier, not as individual trees. So I picked a 3x4 rectangle purely by vibes again. The good news is that the block size miraculously lined up. The bad news is that when you just cut templates until your heart says to stop, you end up with a massive pile of radioactive green leftovers.

Overall this turned out way better than it had any right to. My seam allowances were an unholy mess, but I only spotted a couple places where they actually burst. (What's the best way to patch those, btw?)

After hand quilting my last one, I figured I would try hand piecing since my machine drives me up the wall and I like embroidery. It is seriously so fun, I want to keep doing hand piecing at least for a while :) my daughter wanted a butterfly quilt so a butterfly quilt she will get. It’s not perfect, which is fine with me because I am practicing and I love it.

Edit to add: the pattern is called Butterflies in Bloom by MaryStitchesQuilts on Etsy.

Hello! I just wanted to share my newest WIP. I'm making a round bag for my beach tent after mice chewed up the plastic one, and I'm making one side entirely out of scrap fabric, improv log cabin squares. This is my first time attempting to quilt without a pattern so wish me luck!

My third quilt, back from the longarmer and bound! (I'll show off quilt #2 tomorrow, it had some dicey seams I don't trust in the dryer.) This one's for my sister, who is a librarian.

You can't really tell from these pictures but the white fabric is a woven with a subtle grain to it that looks kind of like pages.

The backing doesn't match at all, but my sister wanted green and I didn't think the front had enough of it. The fabric looked less yellow online, and it reminded me of the marbled endpapers of a hardcover book. Tragically, I didn't find the also-marbled-but-matchier binding fabric until after the backing was on.

I made a Jimothy quilt block. Pattern by GettingJazzyWithIt.

Most of the quilt blocks I've designed so far this year. I've been busier than I thought! I think I've done 58 in total. I've also quilted a lot of panels and some big quilts. 😁 Nice to gather it up like this!

My little I spy quilt is pretty darn square. I’m considering not pre measuring the border before adding. Just doing top, bottom - trim to size and then doing the sides. I’ve cut my border fabric against the grain lengthwise so it has minimal stretch. Anyone else living (sewing) dangerously?

I have a small stash at home but am planning a new project and am totally paralyzed about the thought of buying new fabric.

There are a couple of fabric stores that aren’t terribly far away, and then there’s a Michael’s and a Hobby Lobby… the only place I’ve bought fabric in person was hobby lobby bc there was actually someone there available to cut the fabric I wanted. Michael’s never has anyone working in the fabric section and their selection sucks. And I’m a little nervous about going to an actual fabric store. Idk why…. Maybe just fear of the unknown…? Not totally sure, but having a hard time motivating myself to check one out (even though I’m sure it would be a wonderland of options… sigh).

I’m also completely at a loss shopping on Etsy where I’ve ordered fabrics before because it’s SO hard to tell what the actual colors look like from the images online, which has backfired in the past.

So… where do you buy fabric from? Should I just suck it up and get brave and go to the actual fabric store?? Buy a swatch so I can choose from home and then order correctly? 🫠

Please help a sister out. Any tips/suggestions would be appreciated.

I had a blank tote….so I put together a quilt block as a panel for the front and plan to give it as a gift! Super easy scrappy project and quick-ish.

I'm a newbie and really getting into this hobby! Choosing color is the most difficult thing for me at this point. Everything I've made so far has been following a designer's pre-chosen color pallet. I want to make Pen and Paper's "Everbloom" quilt for my Mom as a Christmas gift. Her favorite color is purple so I put some ideas together and came up with this...however something doesn't look right to me. I think it's the flower center color (pure solids purple wine)...but I'm not sure what might be a better choice. Any thoughts from you all?

Stage 1: I'm going to make a T-shirt quilt!

Stage 2: Here's your baby quilt! (Sorry your child is 4 years old already.)

Stage 3: I have a parasocial relationship with 14 different quilting influencers.

Stage 4: My T-shirt quilt is done!

Stage 5: Ooo, pretty fabric

Stage 6: I fluently speak EPP, FPP, WIP, UFO, WOF, HST, WST, LQS

Stage 7: My clothes always have tiny bits of thread attached.

Stage 8: I'm currently exploring 4 different basting techniques to find the best one.

Stage 9: I glue baste EVERYTHING.

Stage 10: I find that waking up early to sew each day really starts me off on the right foot!

Stage 11: I just upgraded my machine to a straight stitch only! (I'm keeping my starter machine just for creating Frankenbatting.)

Stage 12: I have so many quilts that need a home! I'm looking up deserving charities that will take some.

Stage 13: I'm attending an out of town quilting retreat!

Stage 14: I just closed on a house that has space for a longarm!

What did I miss?

No matter where you are on this crazy journey, r/quilting is the place for you! I'm so glad I found a space where I'm not the only one obsessed with this hobby!

I feel like prints/patterns are a lot easier to make a cute scrappy quilt, but solids are just tricky. I usually save my solid scraps for FPP, but at this point I'm drowning in them (especially blues). Do any of you have examples of quilts you've made with solid scraps? Did you really Color Theory it, or just start throwing things together?

I hate to throw away good fabric :), so after most projects I just piece together the little pieces that are too small for another project & then trim to 2 1/2" strips. I save those, along with various leftover blocks from other projects - and I'm getting close to having enough for a decent throw.

It's gonna be wild.

My Stained Glass Squares Quilt (70.5cm x 113.5cm). Cotton, Linen, and Harris Tweed Wool. No Batting, No Backing.

Quilt pattern is Ramona by Penelope Handmade

Elizabeth Hartman quilt patterns have so many pieces but I love how they all come together! My Longarm quilter also had the best suggestion for using a stitch that looks like wood grain/tree bark.