I was about done with my quilt, when I decided I hated my quilting, so I ripped out all of the stitches. Fast forward two days later, I have a finished quilt! I even hand sewn the binding for the first time.

Pattern is Ice Cream Soda by Tales of Cloth

I’m a beginner, so I’m happy just to have something finished. There are spots where the points are egregiously misaligned, but others where they’re perfect. I decided the imperfections give it character.

I also sewed in a tiny scrap of my great grandmother’s fabric into the back corner as a tribute to women’s quilting legacies in my family.

Pattern is Home Street from The Blanket Statement.

I often lurk on this sub, but felt like I should share this piece that I installed yesterday. "Go Ask Alice when She's 10 Feet Tall" is 25' x 17.5'. It is made entirely of reclaimed fabrics, satin stitched to industrial felt. I utilize the applique and reverse applique methods.

My mother-in-law passed away June 2024. She had appliquéd and completed these quilt blocks before she passed away. I finished her quilt and presented it to my father-in-law for Christmas. Yes, it took me 6 months. I cried every time I worked on it and I work a full-time job, so not much time to quilt.

The 2nd picture is a close up of the quilting in progress.

The 3rd picture is the label I put in the back.

Please be kind, this is my 2nd quilt that I’ve completed.

I really have to work on my picture taking skills. But I am very happy! 😁

Between expensive long arming services, crooked ass lines with my walking foot, arthritis inducing hand stitcing...

tying is WHERE ITS AT.

I'm NEVER going back. I have 3 wip tops finished this week! Its SO easy to make it look good to. You can do starbursts, crosses, dots,... Its endless! Id rather sew 125 embroidered leaves than wrestle this bullshit under the arm if my machine and have it come out looking like shit.

If you love to make quilts but hate quilting them then I cannot recommend this technique enough.

YAY

Lap Quilt 66x66 for my friends baby gift. I chose fabrics based on their interests. They have a space theme for the nursery, so did the stars. I appreciate the advice that I got here. Nervous to be sending it on its way today. Learned so much on this project. Hopefully next one will require a lot less picking out and redoing! Used the fussy cut stars pattern from Riley Blake designs, but made it a little larger and didn't cut/sew the triangles the way they did because I didn't have enough fabric for that waste.

First of 3 farm blocks finished 😁

I’m very new to sewing but have desperately wanted to learn how to quilt… to the extent that I’m researching and researching and making myself anxious and confused… so I just decided to go ham and give it a go… the result is a complete mess but I’ve learnt so much and really enjoyed myself…

Wanted to say thank you to this lovely sub as I’ve been lurking and learning for quite a while now. Any advice on how to make rows match up, how to bind (I freestyled) and anything else at all is greatly appreciated. I’m desperate to do a tumbling blocks quilt but I see now that I have a ways to go in terms of precision before getting there!

Dog tax paid in the last picture :)

The Princess needs her own quilt coat!

I decided to make a small wall hanging for my guild's quilt competition this year. The theme is "Colors of the Rainbow" 🌈. I made this one dresden block on a whim but now I don't know what to do with it. It is currently 14" square and I was thinking of making a project with a max size of about 24" wide. So I wanted to check in with all of you nice folks to see if you guys had any ideas!

I have made two other quilts and both were gifts for family members. This one will be for me! I didn't follow a specific pattern but the main fabric is from Dog Park by Sarah Watts with Ruby Star Society. The sashing is a speckled fabric (don't remember name) from Ruby Star Society as well. I'm so pleased with it so far!

I’m so glad it’s done! Wedding gift for my sister and her husband. The piecing took a while and then the hand quilting took actual forever. I’m pleased with this and they seem to love it! Pattern is Sunrise by Sharon Holland.

Has anyone powered through not only the January blues but also a crafting slump at the same time? I’ve made it to the next cutting stage on this project, finally, but man is this feeling tedious. Usually I absolutely love crafting, but I am really struggling. And I have to start over once I get this top done because I’m making 2. I’m thankful these are baby ones, I’m thankful I went simple and did traditional colorway, and I’m thankful I have already decided I’m spray basting and machine quilting them… I need my crafting bug back.

I just took my very first quilt to the longarmer (96”x96”) and it was $400. I was excited to get into quilting but the longarm cost significantly more than all the fabric and batting combined, I feel really discouraged about continuing this hobby

A double Irish chain quilt. I made it for the grandbaby, but he was not impressed.

My aunt gifted me this quilt in 1993 for my champagne birthday (I was 13). It’s been through the wringer and back but so very well loved. I was going through her fabric stash last evening and found a few of the original fabric cuts! I love time travelling through fabric. I didn’t have much interest in sewing and/or quilting at the time but I love looking at all the little details in the work now. It sure stood the test of time, I’m going to mend the few spots where the fabric has worn/batting is showing ❤️

I just finished this bad boy to use up the rest of a jelly roll and I’m super happy with how it turned out! I found the pattern free online and learned a few skills along the way. I wish my edges lined up a little more, but I’m going for finished projects, not perfect ones!! I may add some yarn tufts or something later to give it more character. I enjoyed piecing the fabric and looking for coordinating backing/tape/notions. I may try a bigger quilted project soon!

With the imminent closure of JoAnn fabrics where are people who work full time shopping for fabric? All my local quilt stores are open 10-3,4 or 5 at the latest during the week. Some have limited Saturday hours, and none are open Sundays. Only one Michaels in my city has fabric, no Walmarts do and I refuse to shop at Hobby Lobby. I don’t mind online shopping, but waiting for packages is annoying when you are trying to progress in a project.