QuiltsBy.me

I found this fabric on sale and thought it would make a cool prayer quilt for a little boy. I quilted hard hats, dump trucks and construction cones in the snowball squares.

By kwain

7 LIKES | 985 VIEWS

Pirate Quilt

My youngest son loves pirates. I fell in love with the Buried Treasure layer cake. I bought that fabric and came up with an easy idea for the quilt top. I split the layer cake in half, buried treasure had 40. Then I went to the cutting board and cut the 20 squares on the 45 degree angle 1" from the center line on both sides making a 2" strip. I cut those 20 going left to right and then I repeated the process cutting the remaining 20 going right to left. I matched fabrics and began sewing. The top went together really easy. To make the quilt lay out square I added 2 solid color blocks and added a personal touch for Owen by using t-shirt iron on transfers.

By shainyeo

10 LIKES | 1878 VIEWS

2nd Anniversary (cotton gift)

My husband Ryan and I have been married 2 years. The traditional gift to give is cotton. That is pretty easy when you love fabric so much. I wanted to make Ryan a throw with fabric that would depict his personality. Ryan studied at Yale in his 20s and fell in love with the sea. Living is the Midwest it is hard to be near anything that is sea related. I saw the fabric of More hearty good wishes and fell in love. I looked through all the tutorial to find one that I could do. I chose Borded squares to do. I got my layer cake and started cutting during my cutting my rotar cutter slipped and I wrecked 2 squares. I went with a solid fabric and bordered it with it also. I learned how to really line my fabric up and it was a great learning experience. I was making the quilt in secret and I got to surprise my husband and he was very thrilled.

By shainyeo

6 LIKES | 1107 VIEWS

Doggie Self-Binding Receiving Blanket

My best friend adopted a dog and was having a "puppy shower." I thought with it being a small dog that it might like it's own blankie to keep warm with.

By KnitWitRosie

8 LIKES | 1450 VIEWS

Reflections of Butterflies in Lemonade

This quilt was from the first version of the "Dissappearing Hourglass." I used the directions in the magazine, which had you measure from the center seam, rather than 1/3 of the way in from the outside. My seams weren't exact, or my math was off, so the "butterflies" float. This design came about by accident, and I caused another one, hence "Lemonade." It's mostly Robyn Pandolph fabrics given to me by a friend who was stash-busting. It now lives with my DS1 and DDIL1 in Indiana.

By PeggyStuart

14 LIKES | 2132 VIEWS

Wonky Star

Just finished machine quilting the Wonky Star quilt I quilted it in a spiral pattern stating at the middle star and working my way out used a variegated thread on the top and a burgundy thread in the back to match I do like the way it turned out

By Jennifer

3 LIKES | 791 VIEWS

Zipper Quilt

I made this quilt for my 12 year old granddaughter. She picked the fabrics and wraps her self in it practically everyday including right before I took this picture.

By A41Leslie

9 LIKES | 1559 VIEWS

Матрешки (Matryoshki)

The "Matryoshka" dolls (Russian stacking dolls) hold special meaning for our family, having lived in Russia from 1994-2000, so seeing this pattern by Cinderberry Stitches was a must have! I began this project around the end of 2013, and finished it in March this year (2015). Unable to locate the exact fabric listed in the pattern, I headed to my stash and found the perfect choice, which was part of a kit for a different quilt. (I wasn't fond of the quilt pattern in that kit). These colors were spot on, and the layer cake would make almost the perfect size for blocks. This is "Terrain" by Kate Spain. I do love her cheerful colors and designs! This pattern called for slightly larger squares, but as a layer cake contains 10 inch squares, slicing the cake into quarters gave me plenty of 5 inch squares. And since I was adjusting the pattern for a queen size, I just added a few more rows of squares, and an extra row of dolls. Still fairly new to quilting, I made some adjustments to suit my abilities: I used fusible web on the doll bodies, cutting the web 1/4" smaller than the template. I turned the edges in over the webbing, then ironed flat. I machine appliqued the dolls, having needle-turned only their faces. I later wished I had added another row or 2, but extra borders allow for extended drape over my thick mattress and box springs, Quilt backings of 108-inches wide make for shorter work ~ love not having to piece it! My friend Alice and I long-armed this one, during the short-lived ice storm here. I chose a leaf and flower design for border to border quilting on the squares, and a single daisy for the dolls' tummies. I did backing-turned binding and machine stitched it. Was thrilled to find this stitch pattern on the new Janome! I've named my quilt the proper (plural) word for Russian stacking dolls...Matryoshki. and we shall sleep cozily under while dreaming of our years in Russia, and the life-long friends we made there.

By Cynthia

15 LIKES | 1368 VIEWS

Scrappy Spring Quilt

I save my scraps and sort them into different categories. This is one of my Spring Quilts. I see the scraps onto 6 inch wide Pellon Fusible Interfacing.

By sylvia

5 LIKES | 1072 VIEWS

Spring Quatrefoil

I saw Jenny demo this quilt a couple of Friday's ago. I like loved the Spring colors. I realized that I had purchased about 15 yards of similar fabric, which I had purchased a couple of years ago at a quilt shop. I have 7 granddaughters, so here starts the wedding quilts....

By sylvia

13 LIKES | 1555 VIEWS

Zig Zag

The fabric had dogs and cats on it - it was just so cute - I pulled the blue border from the blue collars on the dogs and the blue dots in the fabric. I then quilted paw prints walking around the border - the rest of the quilt I did echo quilting. This prayer quilt is going to a 5 year old girl with childhood epilepsy

By kwain

11 LIKES | 1166 VIEWS

Alpine Woods

My brother is a retired park ranger and lives in Colorado. I made this quilt for him to celebrate his birthday.

By MaryMaloney

23 LIKES | 1650 VIEWS

Phantom of the Opera Quilt

I am a huge fan of the Phantom's story in all its forms. So, when I found a fabric collection designed and officially licensed for the musical, I thought I won the lottery! This one took a lot of work planning and was frustrating to lay out and piece, especially since I didn't have a design wall at the time! As I put it together I was sure it would turn out like crap, but ultimately, once it was all together, I actually loved it. The sides aren't 100% even but I can live with it. This was also my first attempt at making traditional quilt blocks. I chose the simplest ones I could find and actually had lots of fun making them. This was a quilt-as-you-go quilt, broken down into panels and blocks. Each block was quilted with a different pattern, again experimenting on different techniques. Some utilized chalked stencils, but most I did free-hand. The backing is done in large scraps of black and blues fabrics.

By Phantom-Rose

1 LIKES | 1822 VIEWS

Phantom Mask

I made this pixel quilt from a pattern I created using online software at the website for the Victoria and Albert Museum. You upload your own image, chose a size, and the software generates the pattern with color shades outlined, etc. It utilizes solely squares and half-square triangles. It is very easy to use, the pattern being a lot like a counted cross-stitch pattern the quilting is actually the sheet music for the first stanza of "Music of the Night" from the "Phantom of the Opera" musical, all designed by me.

By Phantom-Rose

14 LIKES | 1404 VIEWS

Abby's Quilt

I made this quilt for my great-niece. It's a jelly roll race but I inserted white and colored squares, one, two or three at a time. I also varied the length of the strips. The strips were in a package clearly marked as being 2-1/2 inches, but they were really 2-3/4. With the added width of the strips and the extra squares I inserted it turned out to be a pretty good sized quilt. Best of all, my niece loves it.

By QuiltyGal

16 LIKES | 1790 VIEWS

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