#quilt blog

[vafibrearts]

Hello Friends and Happy Tuesday!

After several weeks working to finish this year's quilt along pattern, I'm so excited to finally be sharing it with all of you!

This new pattern is called Blackwork Roads! The design of the pattern was inspired by modern blackwork embroidery, but uses traditional quiltwork methods!

September is the first month of this quilt along project, and includes both fabric selection and piecing instructions for the first chunk of the quilt!

Instructions for both of these can be found on the Fibre Arts blog!

[andrewvehansen]

Scarcity

This approximately 36″ x 36″ quilt was created for the Brooklyn Quilters Guild Earth Day fence quilt show. I used improv piecing to create a feeling of water gradually disappearing into nothingness. I then used free-motion quilting to outline the word “water” which is only slightly visible, symbolizing how this essential resource is disappearing around the world due to climate change and…

[bevanne46]

Offset Star by Then Came June Free Quilt Pattern https://thencamejune.com/blogs/blog/offset-star-quilt-free-pattern

[ghostshipglamour]

James Fitzjames’s Erebus cabin book nook!

[meandtheveggies]

duality of cat

[fallauween]

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

[livingwiththeinternet]

[bobomcfoe]

My first quilt is done :) I've never sewn anything before (besides some VERY basic hand-stitching when i was a little kid) so this was a major learning experience lol

I used 5x9" rectangles and made a little checkered pattern. I wasn't following any specific pattern or tutorial, and was more just winging every part of it (and it shows). BUT!! I still think it's cute and cozy and I'm excited about it :)

Progress pics and mistakes under the cut !

This quilt was certainly a process, and being, as i am, extremely lazy, every step I took lacked the precision required to make the quilt all nice. And in all honesty i am 100% okay with that, I don't need it to be anywhere near perfect!

Here are all of my pieces laid out on the floor after i cut them out! I didnt take any pics between that and the top-stitching (no clue if that's what it's called, but where it's all basted and then you sew the patterns that go along the quilt) so we'll skip to then

I managed to sew over my excess fabric AND create insane bunching, both because i wasn't paying any attention to the back of my quilt and was really really lazy with my basting (and this is where i made the seam ripper gif lmao)

I also learned why people buy long-arm machines and shit because oh my godddd this was a pain

Anyway next i cut out my binding strips and checked to see that i had enough, which thankfully i did lmao

My binding is pretty awful, i did it the wrong way and elected not to redo it, and my corners are quite messy, but i really truly just don't care. It's still a very cozy quilt

And then it was done! That's all!!

The process from start to finish took me about two days (started cutting pieces Wednesday night, began sewing Thursday morning, continued sewing until it was all done on Friday evening!)

I got the fabric largely from my friend, who has oh so much of it. I think my choices are pretty dang cute :)

Okay. I think that's all I have to say! Bye now!

[lemongrad]

Wedding quilt for a dear friend!

Norwegian Star pattern, pieced entirely on a 120 year old treadle machine and quilted by hand. 5.5' x 5.5'

Embroidered with their names and wedding date.

[milkweedman]

I'm this close to starting a scrap quilt while actively moving. I need someone to talk sense into me please

[vafibrearts]

Hello Friends and Happy October!

Now that a new month has arrived, I'm excited to share the next chunk in the Blackwork Roads quilt along!

This month's chunk is a large triangle, featuring a pieced motif inspired by the traditional Morning Star block!

Full instructions, including a PDF download, can be found by visiting the Fibre Arts blog!

[andrewvehansen]

Behold My Beauty and Weep

This 36″ x 36″ quilt was made for the 2024 Brooklyn Quilters Guild fence show, which is entitled THE STORIES WE TELL: Folktales, Fantasy & Folly. I knew I wanted to do something similar to my O, Beware… quilt with some kind of creature staring out through scales or feathers, etc. While looking for images of feathered dragons, I became intrigued with illustrations of Quetzalcoatl from Mesoamerican…

[darlingdespairstims]

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CG! Old man Logan

Rarely see CG stuff for him but he's so grandpa coded🙁

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[tj-crochets]

Today I learned that while I can now walk around the neighborhood to look at yard sales that does not mean I should, because I will spend the afternoon with super low blood pressure I mean, I did figure that out after walking like half a block, but then I cam home and set up my own mini yard sale of just plushies, baby blankets, and quilts, and apparently "sitting outside in the sun for an hour" is too much for me physically at the moment? Definitely a learning experience lol I did sell a few plushies, a pair of baby booties, and a quilt! And the quilt went to someone super excited about it! It was her favorite color (it matched both her nail polish and her ring)

[janerhoadesart]

Started this quilt about two years ago… And just recently finished piecing it, then basted and started quilting!

I’m quilting by hand—because I dislike quilting with my sewing machine—using thick pearl thread and bigger stitches. This makes it go a little faster.

I also recently stopped using a quilting frame and it’s made it soooo much easier to knock out a ton of work all at once. I’m hoping this one will be ready in about a month for when it gets really chilly at night so it’ll keep me warm all winter!