Fabric + Fabric = Quilt

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[rostii]

Quilts by Susana Allen Hunter (1912-2005), Alabama

[kagcomix]

i'm sooooooo close to being done this quilt! I finally got all the hand appliquéd elements on last night (there's like 54 or something haha). I'm just waiting on some hand quilting thread & I need to piece the backing & then I'll be practically done.

This is my own design. I did all the math & figured out how to do my weird ratio of half-rectangle triangles. I made my own foundation paper piecing templates for sections. And I even learned the accursed pen tool in order to make vector templates for the appliqué elements.

[concentriccookies]

My linen quilt is finished!! This was made from all leftover linen from garments i've made- i always get way too much yardage, whoops- except the black. I was planning on using the black for garment things but then i had this quilt idea, so, pivoted.

This was a beast but im so so happy with how it turned out. Shes very moody.

It was machine pieced but hand quilted. I really fell in love with hand quilting while making this! Throwing on an audio book and just sewing for 3ish hours in the evenings was lovely and calming.

And if you ever want to quilt with linen, spray starch is your best friend. Lots of spray starch.

Also a lil banner i whipped up after from an extra repeat block i had!

[dancy-nrew]

A friend found a fun tile pattern on pinterest (I don't have the specific link but with some searching they seem to be Portuguese azulejo tiles) and I stole his idea to make a quilt out of them

[fourpatch]

[bwabbitv3s]

I finished the last constellation tonight. All 40 of them are now done! Went through and double checked and every stitch is in place for them and all the beads are in place. Which just leaves the milky way part to do.

[bwabbitv3s]

Started stitching the Milky Way in. Slowly making progress on it as I am hiding the travelling thread so the back will look nice.

Looks pretty cool and keeps the readability of the other stitches. Very happy with it. Just a thousand or so to do. As they are in a grid roughly every centimetre apart.

[bwabbitv3s]

Update on the constellation quilt. I have gotten the last Milky Way stitch done now. Which means the quilting part of this project is done. My next step will be to baste the edges down, remove the pattern, trim the quilt square, and lastly attach the binding.

[bwabbitv3s]

Progress on the constellation quilt has come along quite a lot now. Finished the binding on the quilt over the weekend. I prefer to machine stitch the binding to the front then hand stitch the back side. It gives such a nice finish to the quilt. Took the time to measure it also and it ended up being 72" by 72" (183cm by 183cm).

With that done I could finally start removing the pattern. Which is taking both less time and more time that I thought it would. As it rips really easily so that goes fast, but the tiny corners and removing it under the beads is slow. You can now see the difference in the glow effect with it against the dark front of the quilt instead of the pattern.

[bwabbitv3s]

Behold the stars of the constellations of the northern sky! I love how this quilt has turned out. It was a lot of fun to work on and the effect is so cool in person. Overall I would estimate it took about 90-100 hours to complete. Give or take 10 hours if you want to count the time I spent custom dying the fabric.

I made sure to get a nice photo of it in daylight. For once I also remembered to get a quilt label on it. The back really shows the difference in readability of the quilting on the ice dyed fabric compared to the solid front. Thank you everyone that has followed this. I am glad you all found joy in it.

Those that are interested, here is the pattern I used by Haptic Lab. I made the large northern hemisphere version, and plan to make the matching southern hemisphere one next year. I also got your back for the less crafty people. Haptic Lab sells finished quilts in this pattern, both as a large quilt and a small one.

[dozydawn]

[creatingcuriosity]

Emma Russell, “Star Quilt” (1978), cotton blend; hand-pieced, appliquéd, and hand-quilted, 81 x 77 inches

[carlinstitches]

Strange Leaves in the Pond- '25

[heaveninawildflower]

'Slashed Star' or 'Rose Window' Quilt (United States, circa 1840).

Cotton, plain weave; appliquéd, quilted.

Image and text information courtesy Art Institute Chicago.

[rosymothquilts]

Happy (early) Pride! I finally was able to make my own quilted pride flag using Modern Domestic's free pattern

My gay dogs with the flag (don't worry they are paid models)

[sleepnoises]

I finished a baby quilt that I was keeping secret because the baby's parents follow me here. Get pranked! I love you!!

[cafeinevitable-deactivated20220]

Over The Waves by Setsuko Matsushima

art quilt

[hollowedskin]

QUILT?!?!

[riotgrrlscout]

@fuckyeahquilts

[mmagpye]

Maker unknown, Flying Geese with Star, about 1880, probably Ohio

[tru-makes-quilts]

These photos aren’t particularly aesthetic, but I realized this week that I never made a post for my finished wonky stars cape. Everyone should make a wearable quilt, I highly recommend it.

[riotgrrlscout]

@fuckyeahquilts

[howtheriddlergothisname]

Distance

Dyed with avocado skins and pits, black walnuts, acorns, goldenrod, and rust, machine pieced and hand quilted. 39 inches square

[hornshaving]

I've been doing an old fashioned internet dive following links on very old quilting websites, and I found the website of Caryl Bryer Fallert and her really amazing quilts--many of them are all hand-dyed fabrics on top of intense geometric piecing