#quilting ideas

[eclecticcrafting]

I have already been planning projects for after surgery and I picked up fabric for my sister-in-law/bestie’s quilt. I’m going to be doing rainbow skulls with solid black and rainbow. It’s going to be done in a coffin English paper piecing style- I’m so excited for it!

Below is an example image (from Pinterest) of what I am planning!

[tj-crochets]

WORM

with Dr Pepper for scale

[luddlestons]

love the lil guy being the big spoon, the one who gets used as a pillow, etc

[yesandpeeps]

Ghost band OCs I’ve had since November 2022 🫣🫣

Doctor Uccello: he/him, primary care physician, ghoul specialist.

Whisper Ghoul: they/it, summoned during Impera era, ministry’s organist.

[dogsplayingpoker]

(math is part of planning)

[milkweedman]

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

[scary-grace]

🎶 we’re halfway there 🎶

[anyroads]

Shameless holiday Etsy store plug!

It's that time of year again! Crafters, if you're looking for leather thimbles, I got you.

I've never been able to use metal thimbles and it was always a source of frustration because needles start to hurt your finger pretty quickly. A couple of years ago I learned how to make leather thimbles and it changed my sewing and embroidery game entirely. When I got a stack of leather offcuts, though, I ended up with way more material than I needed, so I started making extras and selling them. I started having fun with the kinds of leather I worked with and incorporating fun, colorful designs, and now I stock all sorts in my Etsy store:

I only use reclaimed leather scraps from other Etsy sellers who I've built personal relationships with, several of whom also use reclaimed leather before selling their own offcuts to me. Each thimble comes wrapped in tissue paper, packing slips are printed on recycled paper, and shipped in unbleached envelopes with labels made from recycled materials.

Whether these are your thing or not, I hope you'll keep independent artisans in mind when you're buying gifts this season! They work hard, are underpaid, and need your support more than corporations.

(Also, if you see an Etsy ad on google or in the ad space of a website, don't click on it! Search for the Etsy store's name through Etsy instead. When you make a purchase after clicking an advertising link, Etsy takes a percentage and keeps doing so every time you go back to that store. Etsy already takes 25%-33% of sellers' profits in fees, don't help them take more! Links like the above that are embedded in an individual person's post are fine, just look out for ads on the side or bottom of websites, blogs, and social media pages, as well as google ads.)

[eac101]

I've seen the idea that Kurapika sews/makes his own Kurta clothing thrown around a lot, especially as a way to preserve his culture, but I had another idea today: imagine Leorio being great at sewing. Imagine he overhears Kurapika cursing at something one evening and finds him in his room trying to mend his blue and gold tunic, but he just can't seem to thread the needle, or he keeps pricking his finger, or he realizes he pinned the fabric in the wrong place. Leorio offers to help and kurapika is mesmerized by how easily he works the needle, how he hums to himself as the thread moves back and forth. "where did you learn to sew?" "Oh, we've been learning how to stitch up wounds in class, I'm not that good at it yet though." He's being humble but kurapika thinks he's a natural at it and is still shocked to see the lanky, goofy, large-handed Leorio do something so delicately, and with such care for his tunic, and he wonders how is this the same man I once fought with on a boat? How is this the same man who punched one of the most famous hunters on live television and almost got elected chairman? What is this side of Leorio - and how can he see it more? What did he do to deserve this earnest and caring man?

Needless to say Kurapika will be asking for Leorio's help on sewing projects in the future.

[quilt-giving]

Dear World,

I'm thrilled to announce that it's time to embark on another quilting adventure! This time, I'm planning to create a baby quilt with a Star Trek theme. I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions for this project!

While you're brainstorming, here’s a quilt I made previously for inspiration. Looking forward to your creative thoughts!

[ghost-shepherdess]

from Dear Jane: The Two Hundred Twenty-Five Patterns from the 1863 Jane A. Stickle Quilt

[sharpace]

50. Nicknames

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[tj-crochets]

Starting a new post because the other ones were getting long, but the first few HST blocks are sewn and trimmed down to size!

I have a long way to go lol

[gavamont]

A quilting wizard that uses an enlarged sewing needle as her magic staff. She uses the needles to embroider sigils onto objects and joins items together like in Tears of the Kingdom.

Her wizardly robes are composed of patches with a great variety of sigils and seals, all of them ready to unleash powerful magicks.

[whenthewallfell]

Another update on the hand sewn quilt because I love how it's turning out :D

[eclecticcrafting]

Fantastic!! That’s super helpful! Thank you so much 😁😁😁

Question for the paper piecing quilt community particularly those that make hexie quilts or intricate blocks- how do you finish the quilt? Like when you are combining the quilt top, batting, and backing? Do you stitch in the ditch? Do you use a quilting stencil and a free motion foot?

I want my next quilt to be a hexie quilt but I’m not sure how the finishing process would look!