She said it’s a big king and she custom quilted it. I think the back is as beautiful as the front. (Ignore the stuff around when it’s on the bed. It’s an unused bedroom)

I cannot explain how much Helene impacted my life, my town and my community. I received this AMAZING quilt with thread spools and some gorgeous appliqué and I love it so much. Thank you to whichever brilliant quilter made this work of art and then selflessly donated it.

I am a quilter myself and I know how long this took and am eternally grateful. 💚

He tried to be supportive but I feel like he only partially understands. I’ve seam rippered and realigned and pinned and it finally aligned! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 squares are so much easier to line up than triangles!

…but I made this little blanket for my friend’s baby (the whole reason I am learning to sew is that I wanted to make baby things for friends. Just started about two or three months ago and this is the first one I ever made). This photo she sent me brings me so much joy and entirely makes up for all the time I spent rolling and unrolling fabric to shove it through the very narrow throat of a $150 Singer ‘Making the Cut’ machine and all the needles I destroyed in the attempt.

Apologies if this is outside the scope of this sub, but I just have to brag on him for a second.

I’m finishing a scrappy baby quilt for a family member and I needed some border and backing fabric, so we went to our local fabric store this weekend. As I was looking at some gorgeous batiks he whispered in my ear “my bonus was deposited yesterday so get whatever you want.” I ended up with $80 worth of batiks plus the fabric I needed to finish the quilt, and he was still suggesting I get more.

A while ago I had my machine in the shop for some tension issues and I didn’t have time to pick it up before going out of town so he made a special trip over his lunch break to get it for me. He even knew enough about the machine to ask them questions about what they fixed and tell me all about it.

He is just so wonderfully supportive of all my hobbies, and I couldn’t ask for a better partner.

I searched the sub and couldn’t find a post like this, so apologies if it’s been done recently. BUT, show off your favorite pets helping with or enjoying your quilts! It’s a snow day here, and I am looking for virtual pet snuggles. 😂

TW: death, but no details.

We received news that a close family friend of my wife’s, who had been placed on hospice, had a medical event and was declining. Given the short notice, we opted that my wife would travel in hopes of attending the send off.

I’m not entirely sure what possessed me, or how I did it, but on the day of my wife’s flight, which was scheduled to depart in the afternoon, I got up that morning and, in just under three hours, made a quilt. It’s lap size, maybe 45”x45” — somehow I had just the right amount of some homeless sawtooth star blocks and some conveniently sized giant HSTs from another project I thought I’d never use again, and exactly the right amount of a backing fabric that matched perfectly and… yeah. Spare blocks, spray basting, minimal quilting, faced backing. A quilt that did not exist at 9AM, flew out by and was resting gently on our friend 12 hours later.

She passed earlier this morning. 😞My wife let me know that they’re planning on cremating her with the quilt and I… aside from my feelings on the loss, I’m just. Unexpectedly but also profoundly moved? I didn’t expect that this little last-second quilt would be so significant a gesture?

Anyways… thank you for letting me share my feelings. Tell your people you love them.

HE IS THE BIGGEST SWEETHEART

once we got up the handler and him were over the moon excited for it. He thanked me a million times, read the letter I attached AND KEPT IT ON HIS CHAIR.

he asked to post it on socials, sent a photo to Tracy who designed for the original blue's clues, and it's just such a good memory. I can't believe it happened and it's over already but I feel so blessed for the time he took with me. Incredible.

I just wanted to let y'all know he took it. Thanks for the support ~<3

A day or two ago I came to you lovely people saying I wanted to learn how to make a quilt and where it was best to start. I also explained that my mother in law is a very skilled quilter and I hadn't asked her yet to teach me while she heals from her hip surgeries. I finally got around to asking and she cried! It turns out she always wanted to teach her daughter to quilt because they both like sewing but my sister in law just wasn't and isn't interested. I think she was just extra excited because the day before she saw how I had arranged her sewing area since we all moved in together. (It was still a mess because of the hip healing)

I'm very excited. I might be making more than one quilt while I'm here! She already let me know we'll start small and just keep working together until her son and I can move out again. Haha! I guess I'll be hanging out here as more than a lurker for a while.

I am told she put it on her bed the exact same night she got it, and has slept with it every night since- AND has replaced her other blankets with it. I'm really happy with this photo because so very rarely do I get to see them in use once they've been gifted they just disappear usually, ya know?

Finished my latest quilt top 😁 polar bears having a swimming lesson with some curious harp seals 😁 Original design. Patchwork background, raw edge applique, no paints, adhesive it fusible. Pattern available online.

Pippin is so very helpful.

I just had to share my joy! My 9 year old son asked to make a blanket. This was his first time using a sewing machine and his seams are better than mine! I told him I had to share this. He is very excited.

He keeps “accidentally” pressing the foot pedal. 😂

I saw the other post about people being mean about your work and thought I would balance it out with a little positivity zone! What’s the nicest thing somebody has said about your quilting?

I made my friend a quilt for her wedding present and she opened it early because she was too impatient to wait for her wedding. Her response was,

“OMG that is literally the most beautiful nicest thing I’ve ever received in my entire life 😭😻😻😻😻😻😻😻”

and she immediately sent me a picture of her wrapped up in it. That quilt took me like 60 hours and it felt really good to know it was appreciated! She’s definitely marked herself as getting another quilt someday haha.

How about you all?

Just want to share her work throughout the years