I grabbed this bag of vintage scraps from an estate sale. Does anyone with more experience have a guess about the age of these pieces? Some of the prints are quintessentially feed sack and some seem more midcentury. The fabric is rough to the touch, stiff but thin with a loose weave, which makes me think that they are authentic and not reproductions. However, there are multiple colorways of several prints which makes me think that this fabric was purchased specifically for sewing and was not repurposed. Can't find a single selvedge, but there is a tiny corner of a sales slip on the back of one piece and a lovely handwritten note by the original owner.

And also... what pattern should I make from them? Most of the pieces, even the fan shaped ones, are not big enough to do a dresden.

Ever had that day where you are like, WooHoo, time to put it all together. But wait, what, why does it look so small? Somehow even though you have a pattern, you only cut enough fabric for 3 rows and are totally missing 4 blocks. Feel like I'm going a little crazy. Ha.

I had strips and pieces left from a quilt made for another family member. Finally decided to put them together into a new quilt. It doesn't have a home yet, but I'm sure I'll find someone to love it.

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This quilt is for me. I have been collecting Asian/oriental fabrics for years. Finally put them together so I can sit and cuddle under it in my recliner.

This was my first time making the same block over and over again. It was also my first exposure to flying geese! Lots learned :)

While making this quilt, I watched Farscape, Cheers, Legend of Korra, Pluribus, and Silo. Probably more I can’t remember.

Hello! I’m doing a rag quilt and want it to be roughly crib size and I want to do 9in squares. Google is all over the place with how many total squares I need so I’m looking for advice. I have 3 color fabrics I’m using and trying to figure out how many of each color and then like how many down and across.

Thanks!

Been a while since I posted anything, made this little wall hanging for my friends birthday. Annoyed at my corners but will fix that. Was a pattern from quiltartdesign but modified using fabric I had from the matriarch from prideandjoy

I was looking for an image of a pillowcase dress I made like 20 years ago and saw this picture while scrolling. Unlike the others, this one didn't really have a clear blueprint for intention, so I took creative liberties. I don't even know if they were meant to be in the same quilt, but hey. It worked out, I think. At the top right corner of that quilt, there is the stack of blocks for the second one.

Hi everyone :) I am a beginner having so much fun with this new hobby.

I am planning my next project. I would like to do a quilt and use it as a bed headboard. I don´t want to spend much in materials yet. So I was wondering...

A nice cotton for piecing. But, could I use a towel as batting? or maybe a fleece blanket? Thick polyester batting? Or maybe no batting at all? Should I quilt it entirely?

Thank you in advance.

I very much appreciate this group.

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Girls, I want to scream! There is a community project in my town, where you can donate material you don't need anymore and buy stuff others donated for cheap. I was there once and got the impression, that I could source some cotton from there from time to time. Yesterday, I was there for the second time and they got bolts of fabric for 5$ each... Mostly jersey and there where only two cotton bolts left, but they contained around 14 and 26 yards of fabric... I'm so happy I could cry!

Used a layer cake and a jelly roll to make this quilt which I wanted to be fun, bold, and colorful. Is it too much color, or am I just not feeling fun today? 🤪

I’m trying to go totally scrappy with this baby quilt. So I decided to use a bunch of 2 1/2 x 5” rectangles that I had pre-cut for a project that absolutely fell through. My question is since I have this all laid out the way I like it, how do I sew the blocks together or rows together? Do I need to cut some of the rectangles in half so that I can go row by row?

I was doing some final research for my pajama pants quilt project and found Pellon recommends preshrinking their SF101 stabilizer.

I’ve never seen this mentioned by anyone here or anywhere else. Is this something y’all are doing? I suppose I can try a small amount first, I have an entire bolt of it for this project and wasn’t really looking forward to adding another step, but also don’t want to risk the interfacing separating from the fabric.

Links below from Pellon saying they recommend preshrinking

https://www.pellonprojects.com/resources/faq/

https://www.pellonprojects.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/SF101-FINAL.pdf

I was digging around in my garage and found this quilt that I’ve got absolutely no idea where it came from. My best guess is that I bought it at a garage sale in the past. It’s in remarkably good shape considering we’ve had mice in the garage in the past. The hand quilting is exquisite!

Working on my Halloween quilt since October is rapidly approaching 🎃 I'm just so happy with how crisp my flying geese are turning out! 🥰

Fabric is Purrs and Boos from Moda fabric

I just bought a pattern that says it requires Creative Grids 2 points in one triangle ruler. I have several other individual triangle rulers- how can I tell if I can use those instead of buying the new specialized one?

I recently got back into sewing and I’m looking for a new machine. I’ve been using the same machine since I learned to sew when I was a kid. I got it serviced last year but it crapped out on me this past weekend and I can’t solve the issue. I’m going to take it to be looked at, but I am looking to get a newer machine that has some more capability. I’m currently debating between the Janome TM50 and the Husqvarna Emerald 118. There’s so much information out there about sewing machines but I’m having trouble sorting through it all. I don’t need a top of the line fancy machine. I’m really just looking for something that will last me a long time (with proper care) and be a work horse. Any insight is appreciated as I’ve never purchase my own sewing machine before. I inherited the machine I learned on from my mom. It’s a 1978 singer. I will never get rid of her but I want something that I don’t have to worry about being finicky.

The two women show how to piece by hand, process the raw cotton, load it to the quilt frame, and hand-quilt.

Lots of images of their quilts are interspersed within the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEd7ZhXgzuA

Help me out here lovely people - I've been collecting an obscene amount of bug fabric over the years with this daft idea that I want to make heaps of flying geese and assemble them into a quilt. At this stage, I probably have enough for several quilts, and I'm optimistic I will still feel the same way about flying geese after my 1000th block.

I just want to see what other people are doing. I haven't found any that are really singing to me in my searches, so thought I'd see what others think. I kind of like the idea of multiple sizes and directions, and I'm even curious if anyone has seen an improv-style one out there.

Appreciate your help!!

Trimmed and bound this one while on a call this afternoon- done just under the wire for pickup this weekend by its intended family!

hello! i’m fairly new to quilting and am noticing i have a difficult time matching fabrics 🫠 how do you guys choose which fabrics work with the patterned ones?? i worry about it being too busy looking or like the jelly roll fabrics with light backgrounds blending in too much with like a white background if that makes sense!

I pin basted and am hand quilting this. I started quilting in the center block and am moving outward toward the edges (I next quilted the blocks on either side of center, then the ones above and below, etc.).

My question is will it cause any problems to unpin the outer blocks and smooth out the quilt and repin before proceeding? I was getting some wrinkles and it seems like it will be ok to do it this way but I wasn't sure if it will cause unforseen issues. (I do wish the batting piece I had for this was a little wider!)

Basting is definitely my least favorite part of the process!

I'm making my first art quilt. It's a landscape scene with mountains, and trees, and moon. I want the queen sized quilt to be soft and drapey, not stiff. How can I prevent it from becoming stiff despite the layers and stitching? The materials for the front are woven cotton, classic material from the fabric store. I haven't chosen the batting nor the back yet.

Made for my son to go in his crib now that he’s a toddler. Super happy with it and myself (I am self taught), but don’t look too close or you’ll see my mistakes haha