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[dadpilled]

finished cave painting wall hanging :) they have real manes and tail tufts using embroidery thread!

[gamenagifts]

Finished all the lobsters I need for my current commission. I love how they've come out with the lobster fabric making some lobsterception and that the mismatched background fabric gives its the illusion of moving water!

Pattern block is Lobster by EllisandHiggs on Etsy.

[to-the-fishies]

2.3 years after finishing this top and I’ve finally made a back + gotten it basted. Trouble is, I’m still feeling unsure how (and in what color(s)) I want to quilt it.

[i-like-mountains]

Cabin baby quilt is done!

This quilt is for the child of some of my friends who have invited me on many winter cabin trips! So I made it outdoor themed for their little explorer.

The tree blocks are machine pieced based on a block from Wise Craft Quilts by Blair Stocker. The stars and cabin are self drafted and English paper pieced. The bulk of the quilting is machine but I did do some big stitch accents for fun.

I’m very happy with it, and tomorrow I get to deliver it and meet the baby!

[hidefdoritos]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Go for the bigger blanket.

Are you thinking of making or buying a blanket? There is no universe in which you will want a smaller blanket. Meanwhile, you have free will, and you can choose this universe to have a bigger blanket. Your potential to snuggle will unlimited by the boundaries of simple cloth.

Go for the bigger blanket.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Took this advice when crocheting myself a blanket and the blanket is far larger than my bed and way too heavy to use

[rainbow-moon]

My heart says blanket the size of a sail, my washing machine says 9kg

[simplykaren]

So, my mom went to an estate sale yesterday and left with a quilt. Now, she's a quilter, but she hasn't bought a finished quilt in over a decade. So, the fact she felt compelled to buy this one was noteworthy. Apparently, they were selling it for only $15.

The funky shapes make me wonder for the sanity and marvel at the skill that went into this thing, even with the prolific use of applique. (My mom seemed to imply applique was less difficult than straight sewing, but I have limited experience sewing and none with applique, so the wonder is unfazed.)

Then she mentioned that the fabric used was what really sold her on this quilt: batik.

Batik, for the uninitiated (me, I'm the uninitiated), is a method of dying fabric involving patterned wax preventing the dye from taking in certain parts of the fabric, then melting the wax off and re-dying the whole thing.

[bookhobbit]

I finished my stocking, pictured front back and with its template (Bow's). It's very soft and cuddly which I guess isn't a feature necessarily required in a stocking but does make me happy. All done with scrap, mostly Bow's mum's and a bit mine.

[quilting-is-my-new-hobby]

I do not know who made this quilt top, but when it came to me I realized it was a little too big to fit the batting and backing I had available and was a little bigger than what my guild normally suggests for our donations. I ended up taking off two rows and repurposing that fabric as the binding. I’m not sure if that’s a faux pas, but I hope the person who originally pieced the top would be happy to know it is now a finished quilt ready to be donated and used even if it’s not the size they originally envisioned.

43”x60” quilted November 2025

[lennasaurus]

More baby quilts

Can you tell my age demo?

I choose a pattern with lots of space in it cause I wanted to try free motion quilting and I may or may have been under a trip based deadline. Tucker was very helpful with this quilt.

This was my first stab at free motion quilting and it was so fun. Quilting as you go method make it's way less daunting than trying to do the whole quilt at once.

[rat-tailed-maggot-drone-fly]

Hand quilting a stroller blanket for the unborn baby of a lady i haven't seen since we were both litteral infants in a baby and mama group over 20 years ago.

As one does

Im also going to make a crib sized blanket in pink with splashes of green, blue, and yellow. It'll be pinwheel and ribbon star blocks in a checkered pattern, with some bird blocks placed semi randomly.

I must reiterate that I've not met this lady since we were babies. And I won't meet her after these quilts are made. They will be mailed to her. The only reason I know she's pregnant is because her mom and my mom and friends on facebook.

[marsha-loftis]

I made this quilt a few years back. It’s on the wall in my dining room.

[gabzillaattack]

Beyond pleased with my newest creation, a Christmas gift for my mom! The pattern is Ombré Tree Time by V and Co, and I pieced together the back so it looks like a wrapped present.

The quilting was free motion quilted on my domestic machine, quilted in the meander style to mimic tracks tromped through the snow and little snowflakes.

I think it looks great with the fabrics and that my mom’ll love it!

How have your holiday projects been coming along?

[marsha-loftis]

This is old. I am uncertain when I made this but it has been loved and used greatly

[marsha-loftis]

This is the chateau Picard quilt I made. It used to hang in my dining room.

[marsha-loftis]

My Space 1999 quilt.

[thequeerkingdom]

I made a quilt for my friends’ baby and I can’t share it anywhere they’ll see because I haven’t given it to them yet but I’m so very proud of it!

[cyrnelle]

Still working on this! It's taking forever, but it's moving along.

English paper piecing with half-inch hexagons.