#quilting wip

[tj-crochets]

The progress pride quilt top is done!!!

[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!

[bwabbitv3s]

I have gotten all the pins in for my queen sized quilt. That took about two hours and 600 pins. It was a little less than 600 pins as I had to cull out about a dozen pins that were dull or defective. Next time I will do it on the carpet so I don't have to go as slow to avoid scratching the floor.

[flowerprintundies]

Still working on the quilt! Progress has slowed a bit but it's getting there..🧪💉⚗️

[captain-habit]

Holy jeeze.

Good fucking golly.

The things I get myself into, yeesh.

No way in hell I'm finishing this monster tonight, but BEHOLD NONETHELESS..! This thing is about 63 x 63 inches...

[mmeadarts]

Progress photos for the applique quilt im working on. Im almost positive I've chosen the second worst assembly strategy possible. Right now the whole thing is just incredibly pointy and takes up my entire floor. Technique is -3 out of 10, dont recommend if you enjoy having floor space and not worrying about getting pins in the bottom of your foot

[diodellet]

cw: sorry for writing more bedroom shenanigans, it will happen again. unbeta'd, all mistakes are mine. probably some scientific inaccuracies, except for the inertia bits, that i understand. established relationship things and some light swearing. it's all lighthearted 😇

who needs morning alarms when you're partners with naga!jamil?

the first thing to wake you up is the cold press of his scales against your skin. which is the beginning of the end, sad to say. being part-reptile, of course his instincts bring him to search for the closest heat source. as the warm-blooded one in the relationship, you will make do.

which leads to your current predicament - not the comforting feeling of sleeping in his arms, the upper body situation is all fine and dandy on this side, you like the fabric of his sweater, you (both) deeply crave this kind of skinship, it's all good up here! - his coils are twined around your legs, heavy enough to pin you in place, leaving you vulnerable to the cold of the room. as your eyes crack open, what greets you is the dim blue glow of dawn. of course.

in this world of magic, you'd think they'd have created a kind of blanket that doesn't become utterly useless after several hours of shifting in one's sleep. with your limited movement, you manage to free one arm.

"jamil." you shake his shoulder.

"hmm?"

"can you get up, please? i need to shut off the ac."

to your dismay, he makes a vague sound of protest, curls his arms more protectively around you.

"jamil." he can't seriously be going back to sleep.

"it's still early, and you're all nice and warm..." and wasn't that the twisted miracle of this situation? the fact that you woke up before his alarms?

his languidness has got to be a joke. you've seen him move quicker than a bullet. snakes can haul ass when the situation calls for it. you weigh your options, you could yell 'spider' and risk the consequences of a freshly-awoken-and-panicking jamil.

or you could just freeze. who needs legs? who needs to move? the way his fingers idly stroked against the flesh of your stomach was nice and comforting -

"bullshit, you're also freezing...!" he just liked to see you struggle, didn't he? you try kicking your legs in a last bid to free yourself only for his coils to shift and properly entrap you in their grip.

oh that was unfair, being comprised of mostly muscle and having quick reflexes even when half-asleep. damned naga anatomy.

you heave an exasperated sigh through your nose, not even bothering to hide your annoyance.

jamil's breath fans across the back of your neck. "didn't you want to spend more time together like this?" he asks, faux-dejection creeping into his voice.

the skin of your nape erupts in a flurry of goosebumps, definitely not from the cold. you feel like you're burning, and you're not sure if that's a good thing.

so you decide to roll off the bed and take him down with you.

tagging my fellow jamilnatics: @viperwhispered @twstgo @crystallizsch @jessamine-rose @just-a-little-silly

(if any yall wanna be tagged for future jamil writing, just lmk through the replies. i know in my bones he will strike again)

[tru-makes-quilts]

Enough people commented on my wrap saying they want to make one that I spent my snow day writing a pattern. If you can reverse engineer this by looking at it, have fun and go forth, but if you'd like some guidance along the way, then please consider purchasing this pattern for less than $5. I only need to sell four in order to cover the cost of setting up an Etsy shop!

I hope I priced it reasonably. This pattern has not been tested by anyone--I wrote it after improvising the poncho. It assumes basic knowledge of quilting (like how to do binding).

[wyrmscraft]

My nephew has just reminded me that I said I would make his gf of two years a rubber ducky quilt, so here we go.

[thingsihavecrochetandknit]

I've loved the Queen's Thief by @meganwhalenturner for a long time! I made a quilt square with Gen's hook and an iris for Irene for my (yet unfinished) fandom quilt 🥰

I'm so tempted to design a new square... maybe with some of Irene's jewelry or Sophos' guns 🤔

[imsrrycngrts]

ok heres a little WIP of that wallhanging, i am going to be doing a loooot of applique so it will look very different once i can get it quilted and start attaching stuff. i want to have this finished by Christmas so wish me luck!!

[tj-crochets]

Another row sewn on the progress pride quilt!

Starting a new post because I don’t want to go find the old one lol

[janerhoadesart]

Trying out English paper piecing! Here’s my first finished block.

It’s a form of quilting where you use paper templates to help assemble quilt blocks. This gives the quilt block really clean corners and allows you to cut out fabric shapes less carefully.

Usually people use precut paper templates, but I’m thrifty and like to make extra work for myself, so I’m cutting them all out by hand 😅 Honestly I do not recommend this method.

I think you can do it by machine, but I’m whip stitching the pieces together by hand. And I’m really enjoying it!

I’m not sure how many blocks I’ll manage to get done but… we’ll see 👀 I need 72 blocks for a queen size quilt and only 30 blocks for a lap quilt. Although I found designs for the blocks, I’m making them randomly and I’m just winging it for the final layout, quilting design, and whatnot.

I’ll keep sharing the blocks as I go 💕

[bwabbitv3s]

This is the Christmas fabric I pulled from not fitting with my other fabric that went into my queen sized quilt. I have a meter of each, except the stripe which is about 2/3 - 3/4 of a meter. That I am going to use for the binding. I have a medium sized focus fabric, secondary fabric, and a glittery white fabric.

Now I am fiddling with it to see what throw I want to make out of it. I am thinking I have enough to make a nice throw or lap quilt. What is nice it that both patterns are tossed so I don't need to worry about orientation for cutting. I do need to keep an eye on the size of the pieces as the present tag fabric won't look good cut too small. The frame I used is a 4.5" square so I think anything smaller than 3" would not look nice.

[flowerprintundies]

Ok if I don't post an update i'm gonna explode actually

[projectgoblin]

Blocks done, and I actually finished as few rows before I got too distracted (not pictured)

This is Floating Flowers by QuiltFoxDesigns

Finishing the topper much faster than anticipated. Unsure of what to do with the back and binding honestly! Opinions would be great if anyone has ideas!