QuiltsBy.me

Update: added the last two corners today. My friend will quilt it soon for our guild's quilt show. I'll update after quilting. . I cut out pieces on my accuquilt Studio for my friends Flurry quilt top. I used interfacing and sewed around the edges to turn right side out to give a finished edge. My friend and I placed the pieces and ironed the pieces for the center snowflake and started on two corners. I need to cut out more orange peel pieces to finish the corners. We added in small and medium orange peels, so it's a little different from the original. 111" x 111"

By blbaughman

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Sea Glass Quilt

Update: My friend finished quilting on her longarm and it is bound. I can't get the full picture to load (sides are cut off), but this gives you an idea of finished quilt. This Sea Glass Quilt is a customer quilt for my friend's longarm business. I used my Accuquilt studio orange peal die (14" long) to cut out these flower petals. The customer supplied these non cotton 60" wide fabrics. The interfacing I used to turn the orange peels inside out (to give a finished edge, Like Jenny does in her orange peel tutorial) wouldn't stick to the non cotton fabric. I would normally sew these on with my domestic machine first, but the quilt top is so large. We had to pin the orange peels to the top. We had fun placing the orange peels in the flower pattern. My friend is going to stitch the petals down with her longarm. The quilt has to be done before Christmas. We made the quilt bigger than the pattern 100" x 110"

By blbaughman

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Hand binding these lovely custom quilted

I just finished hand binding two custom quilting vintage linens quilts for my friend's long arm business. They have double batting (wool and 80/20 cotton blend) and were so heavy to bind. They are Christmas presents for the ladies two daughters. The back of the quilts are pictured. Both are 100" x 100"

By blbaughman

13 LIKES | 641 VIEWS

The Blues

This was the first project I designed on my EQ8 software and just got back from the long arm quilter. It uses a mix of Moda Grunge and Grunge Spots. If I had the chance to do it over again, I would have used a little less of the light blue spots, but generally I like the way it turned out.

By mwgroth

9 LIKES | 838 VIEWS

Making Music

I made this for a good friend and piano player. I love working with black and white and red.

By PatM

21 LIKES | 1030 VIEWS

Colors Ablaze

Saw a small quilt done in this pattern, and looked it up on the internet. It was the 10 Sisters book too and I made it with scraps I had. Fun to make.

By Lucade

23 LIKES | 925 VIEWS

Scrappy Row House quilt

I just finished hand binding this scrappy Row House quilt. This is the 6th finished of 8 quilts that I quilted at my friends house in Florida in September 2019. I loved quilting this swirl pattern. 98" x 110"

By blbaughman

22 LIKES | 1201 VIEWS

Bow Tie Quilt

I bought some beautiful charm packs, cant remember the name now, but decided to try the Bow Tie quilt design by Jenny Doan. I paired the charm packs with a subtle cream batik, and had so much fun, the quilt top became king sized. I used the charm packs as is, no cutting down, and since they are 5" sq, I just cut them in quarters for the bow tie pieces. Perfect!! So I quilted it, using a batik backing, and decided to gift to a friend. Then I had to make pillowcases to match. Used the batik backing for the body, and had leftover bow tie blocks so I used them to make the cuff on the pillowcases. They turned out perfect!! I am so proud of myself for thinking of using the leftover blocks to create the cuff, which made it so much more coordinated.

By Brendakay

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Rescued ME

About 3 years ago I went to a estate sale that advertised much sewing supplies. There was a whole room full of stuff in no particular organized manner. In one corner was a huge pile of stuff. When I asked why it was so piled up they stated it was trash. At the very front was a large shopping bag with what appeared to be a sewn quilt top. I pulled the tangled dirty thing out and saw it was savable. Washed it and cut the fraying seams, restiched a few and pressed it many times to get it flat. When I asked how much they told me a $1.00 as it was trash. Donating this to Bowl Pink which helps local women who face cancer.

By caf7carq

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Halloween Simply Serene

This pattern is surprisingly easy. just lots of half square triangles, all the same and charm squares.

By Kay1957

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Wedding gift for John (Hunter’s Star)

I started this quilt last year to give to my husband on our wedding day. I was first introduced to quilting by his mother who pasted away 2 years before we were married. We were married in June. Needless to say, it wasn’t finished on time. The other thing I should tell you is, he and I were marrying for the second time. We were reacquainted via Facebook in 2012 after no communication for almost 30 years. The next year, I lost both my sons under separate circumstances. John and I were together when they were children. Our splitting was my doing, but I could not forget him. My children’s deaths just intensified my feelings for him. After a grieving period and many, many notes and posts, I finally declared my feelings in 2016 on Christmas Eve. Moments after hitting the send button, he made it clear that he felt the same way. We met up in January. Our circumstances that prevented us from being together are complicated. That being said, we were only able to be together 6 or 7 times a year. During our second reunion in February, he asked me to marry him. We were planning our new lives, when in March, his mother passed away. I need to add that during this same period, I was reacquainted with my ex-mother-in-law. She and I talked for hours. I think I missed his family as much as I did him. She told me she knew John still loved me and she was so happy we had plans to be together again. Due to said complications, John knew nothing of the subject of our extensive talks. His mother’s death sent him reeling. We were not to see each other until June of 2017. After many emotional ups and downs and logistic obstacles, we were finally engaged on Christmas Eve 2018. I started this quilt in June 2018, determined to make the quilt, as I told his mother I would. I found the fabrics at Joanne Fabrics and cut the fabrics all by hand (no precuts). Honestly, I didn’t know any better, but I don’t think I could have found this theme in precuts, so I guess ignorance is bliss. Our last year has been a whirlwind. Between moving and buying a house together and planning our wedding, the quilt got put on hold. I was not sure how to proceed. Finally able to take a breath, I finally had time to explore Missouri Star Quilt co. I am so glad I did. The tutorials have been a real eye opener. Now I have the knowledge to make this quilt so much better than I originally planned. Along with the patching in the first picture, I plan to add a black inner border, another border of small arrow shapes, a second inner border and a 6 inch outer border and a contrasting binding. The backing is on back order but I won’t need it for a little while. We have a queen size bed but we are both blanket hogs. This thing is going to be huge!

By Connieswanteck

10 LIKES | 635 VIEWS

X FACTOR Bargello

I found this patterns in an Australian Quilters Companion Book #55 several years ago and put it aside until I mastered the art of Bargello quilts. I am delighted with the finished quilt and have won first prize in the local arts & crafts display :)

By Lucky-Lynda

16 LIKES | 881 VIEWS

Monster

I decided in 2018 that I needed to have a personal quilt challenge. I found Christmas red and green fabric that yelled buy me, combined those with fabric in my stash and an idea that has been floating in my head for years/decades. What would happen if I crossed the Broken Star with the Feathered Star quilt patterns? I finally mentally figured out how to make the feathered diamonds. However, instead of tracing the diamond template from in a book for the Broken Star, I opted to use a template I bought that was maybe a half inch larger (quarter inch per side) as I wanted a larger quilt anyway. I’m not sure about my math, as I calculated it many times, but it became apparent I was not only off, but way off, and started laughing as the quilt quickly grew. So, I started referring to my challenge quilt as ‘Monster’. Final size is 113 x 113 as I refused/decided it didn’t need a border.

By cwolf

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Jane's Ladder King-sized quilt/shams

I wanted to make a new king-sized quilt for our Master bedroom but after making the last king-size, I wanted something without borders...Let's face it -- that is a lot of fabric to handle. I've used this pattern from Moda Bake Shop https://www.modabakeshop.com/2018/03/janes-ladder-quilt.html and it is fairly easy. Quilt finished at 120 x 120 and truth be told is a bit too big. It sat there finished and back from MSQC long arm services for four months. The thought of binding it was daunting. I finally bit the bullet and finished it yesterday, just in time for Autumn. The other king-size quilt was shabby chic fabric and a bit too girly for my husband. LOL I still have a few more throw pillow covers to finish up, but glad to have it on the bed. Edited to add a picture of the quilt flat on the bed.

By Audioadi

19 LIKES | 1237 VIEWS

Dark blue nine patch and hourglass

Update: I just finished hand binding this quilt. My friend quilted swirls with her longarm. I used scraps that a guild member brought to the free table for the scrappy border. She cleaned out her stash. I made this quilt in blues, purples, and greens. Blue is my favorite color. This one is going on my bed. This is the fourth nine patch and hourglass quilt that I made. I gave the other three away as gifts. I love this pattern. 100" x 106"

By blbaughman

26 LIKES | 1214 VIEWS

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