52 of my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2024.
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52 of my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2024.
What’s your happy place? Mine is getting to combine my love for colour, textiles and textures to create a snuggle worthy quilt that brings ALL the comfort! And this Marble Reverberance quilt ticks …
Make these fast and fun scrap quilts with these free scrap quilt patterns. Read our best tips for creating a cohesive modern scrap quilt.
In the world of quilting, there are tons of quilts that have Flying Geese blocks. Actually, my quilt pattern, the Framed Folk quilt has a bunch of them so I figured I’d put this flying geese tutorial…
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These modern quilt patterns are perfect for the next generation of quilt lover. These aren't your grandmas quilts! Click for a full list.
Quilts by Paula Fleischer, political and otherwise
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Learn to make quilt binding in six simples steps by Simple Simon and Company.
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by Sandra Bruce Before I delve into my post, I want to send out a “Get Well” message to Heidi who is at home recuperating from a burst appendix. She is healing nicely and I’…
Happy March 1st! And because it is the first Wednesday in March, we are once again opening our monthly theme for the Modern Quilt Along series that we are doing in 2017. If you need a refresher of what this series is, go HERE to read the introduction post on the why’s and how’s. The theme […]
This tutorial is for a simple method for a pojagi patchwork seam. This method makes reversible patchwork, a variation of traditional quilting.
Totally encouraged by the kind comments from Jo and Lizzie, I have fixed the bit that was wrong (inbetween other things...) and taken a photo of the square as should be! I even found time to blog about it now, rather than monday.. How is that for good intentions!! (Being up since 5.30am did help a little there too! It's amazing what you can get done with a little extra time!!) Ok... the workshop. We were making the basis for a convergence quilt, led by a lady who had the book by Ricky Timms of the same name. This is my table with everything still nice, clean, organised and set out! First up we were required to bring 4 square's of either 14" or 16"sq. I thought I'd go for the smaller one and see how thing pan out! We proceeded to lay them out in a bigger square (no photo of this) where I had the horses left bottom, orange spots left top, yellow right top and orange right bottom. Then fold over the bottom squares onto the top (right sides touching) and sew along the bottom line. Having done that slices them both up, starting with a strip of 1", then 1 1.2",2",2 1.2",3" and leave the remainder. You do that for both of them going outwards from the middle. You then move the smallest strip of the horse panel, all the way to the right into the gap between the two biggest orange panel. Once you have intermingled them all (converged them!), you open up to full length. and first sew two strips at a time together, then, once you have done the row, start again sewing together till they are all connected. Following this, you turn everyting 90 degrees so you now have the horses/orange bit on the left and the spot/yellow one on the right. Square both panels up aligning onto the long lines by cutting out the middle bit (yeah.. that's right, the bit where I so carefully tried to connect up all four corners! ha!). And do the same againg... cutting strips from the middle to either of the sides (same sizes strips again), converge, also as before; and repeat the sewing the two strips together again; then, also like before, join all those till everything is joined; It is then (and only then...) that you realize the interested person who came to look at your fabrics and picked up a strip... has put it down in the wrong place! In the middle, instead of at the end... Being so busy sewing and matching points (a lot, a lot of points!!) I did not notice.... Luckily I have my trusty seam ripper and ripped and re-sewed and then it looks more like it should do! One more tip I have to give on this and that is that it needs ironing in a very particular way. I was told it did not matter which way the seams went and to iron it all in the end. Someone else then said, she had read the book and if you do not iron half way through (half one way, the other the other way) you never get your seams to but up properly and consequently cannot match your junctions. I was very frustrated as no matter how well I matched.. because all the seams were ironed the wrong way, I could never get them to lie flat.. they sprang back and got sewn slightly out... But you don't see that from a distance right?.... right??? I am glad I did the workshop thought as that was such a good thing learned.. It was of course very stupid of me as Dana had allready taught us the importance of ironing right at the start of the ORBC group... I KNEW it, that's why I asked, but, not trusting myself I relied on what I was told and came acropper. All that needs to be done now is a border, maybe some applique on top and quilt and bind. I have a feeling thought this is going to be another UFO... (rather than a WIP...) as I did make time to go the the workshop but don't have time to finish it at home! Looking back this almost looks like a tutorial... It isn't and to do it properly I would recommend to beg, steal or borrow Ricky's actual book as it is wonderfully well explained in there with lots of variations (wavy lines etc... wow....). I didn't mean to do a tutorial or I would have photographed each stage much more extensively. I just wanted you all to have a rough guide so you have an idea what it entails and whether this is something you would like to do! I had fun at the workshop, but I somehow doubt I'll make another one... maybe when I have bags of time! Talking about time... must leave you now! Have fun if you are going to try this!
Tying a quilt is an easy and quick way to finish a quilt. Tying a quilt means using thread or yarn to attach all three layers of a quilt together. This is a great option for beginner quilters as well as more advanced quilters! To add some extra interest, ties and quilting can be used...
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Hooray! I finally got my quilt back from the publisher of Modern Quilts Unlimited magazine. Well, okay, I actually got it back a little ov...
Have you ever wanted to make a temperature quilt? Are you familiar with what one is? Temperature quilts are kind of like a daily diary of the temperatures that occurred throughout the year in a p…
The Maypole quilt pattern is a simple yet bold design reminiscent of ribbons woven together. This striking composition varies greatly based on color.
The Attic Windows pattern is one of the most popular and best loved of all three dimensional quilt patterns! The pattern draws the eye into ...
A blog about two modern cousins who quilt, sew, knit, stitch and craft everyday.
Hi! Ann Lauer here for a Technique Tuesday post using my new Cat-I-Tude fabric collection. I love to make bargello quilts. They ha...
I am delighted to have Patsy Thompson as our December FMQ Expert, for the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge. Whe...
Have you been following along with the Typecast of Characters Blog Tour? This week we finished up the alphabet with Y and Z brought to you by Debby and Kim & Nisha. To celebrate the conclusion of the tour, I'm giving away THREE special prize packs with awesome quilting products! Be sure to read
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Inspired by a quilt that my friend Mary shared with me from Pinterest, I decided to design an Ombré HST quilt mathematically. This was the result. I chose to use a gradient of eight different values, numbered 1-8 from lightest to darkest. I began by drawing a 7 by 9 rectangle in my graph notebook and ...continue reading →
“Flowers Of The Cosmos” by Fumiko Nakayama Let me just say right up front that this quilt show exceeded expectations in every way. Something I really love about Japan is …
Today, I’m sharing my second Annabelle quilt pattern sample - the spring one! You can buy this fun and modern cow quilt pattern on my shop!
It's been over a year since our last Ombre Puff Quilt along and I've really been itching to do another! So far I've made two Ombre Puff quilts and I have an idea for a 3rd one, so I'm excited to make it alongside ya'll! The fun kicks off Oct. 24, 2022 and wraps up a few weeks before Christmas! If you haven't already downloaded the pattern, you can do so below, and keep scrolling for more details! Ombre Puff Quilt - FREE PDF .. Week 1 - Oct. 24: Plan Week 2 - Oct. 31: Cut Week 3 - Nov. 7: Sew Pockets Week 4 - Nov. 14: Create Rows Week 5 - Nov. 21: Stuff Rows (2 weeks) Week 6 - Dec. 5: Baste & Quilt Week 7 - Dec. 12: Bind
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If you’re someone who has ever sold custom quilts you know a lot of time and energy goes into selecting the perfect fabric and making the actual quilt. If you’re someone who has ever purchased a handmade quilt - do you know the material costs involved in making that quilt? Or the number of hours that went into it? I started my business selling handmade quilts and other home goods. I quickly realized a lot of people don’t know how much goes into making a quilt. When I sat down to calculate the costs - I ended up subtracting a couple hundred dollars off the price because I wasn’t confident that there would be people willing to pay for a quilt that expensive. Even that reduced price wasn’t a fast seller… I fully understand how $500 could sound very high for a throw size quilt when you could pick one up from Target for $50. (No shade to Target - I love Target!) However, if you’re purchasing something handmade there’s obviously way more time and energy that goes into it and the person making those quilts deserves every dollar in order to keep their business going. Let’s walk through it together and maybe be a little more willing to pay for what we are getting. A quick note: This is only meant to be a conversation starter. I am by no means the authority of quilt costs. You decide what you feel comfortable charging. My intention is only to explore the costs that go into making a handmade quilt so that people who are not quilters can see more clearly what the costs are. I’ll be using the Playroom Quilt Pattern as an example since it is my best selling pattern. Baby and Throw size quilts are the two most popular sizes so those are the two I’ll walk through for pricing. I am going to assume solid, quilters cotton so here is the cost for the materials to make just the quilt top: BABY: Fabric A 1.25 yards = $12.50 Fabric B 1.75 yards = $17.50 TOTAL - $30 THROW: Fabric A 2.25 yards = $23 Fabric B 3.25 yards = $33 TOTAL - $55 Now there’s the backing for the quilt. I like to use “special” fabric for the backing of my quilts. Something like a canvas, a woven or even a soft double gauze would be nice. That can range in price so let’s go middle of the road on this price estimate: Baby: 1 ½ yards = $25 Throw: 3 ½ yards = $55 To finish of the quilt your quilter will make a quilt sandwich with the quilt top, batting and backing. Of course there are a lot of options for batting as well but I am going to assume a simple cotton batting. After quilting they will bind the quilt either by hand or machine. Those costs are: Baby: Binding ⅜ yard = $6 Batting $5 Throw: Binding ½ yard = $8 Batting $25 Additional Note: There is also the option to have the quilt done by a professional longarmer which could add anywhere from $100-$200 to the cost. Ok so the quilt is done! Now let’s think about alllllll the time that went into making this beautiful, modern quilt shall we? I recently tracked all the hours spent on a few throw quilts and came up with a range of 20-24 hours. A baby quilt takes around 8-10 hours. Depending on the intricacy quilt pattern this can range greatly. Also the quilting design can cause the hours to vary depending on how complicated the design is. The time estimates below assume a 2” cross hatch quilting or a simple 1” horizontal quilt design. Baby : 8-10 hours = $120-$150 Throw : 20-24 hours = $300-$360 I’m also assuming a $15/hour rate for their time. This is a personal preference, but I think $15/hour is more than fair for the time and physical effort that goes into making a quilt. With all of that information it’s time to look at what the total cost should be for a custom quilt: Baby Size Quilt: Material Costs - $66 Labor - $130 TOTAL: $196 Throw Size Quilt: Material Costs - $145 Labor - $330 TOTAL: $475 I hope this is helpful to see the cost that goes into making a custom quilt. The next time you commission one - think about these numbers. If you’re someone who makes custom quilts - do you need to raise your prices? I hope you’re charging what your work is worth! You Might Also Enjoy Reading: What is Modern Quilting? Five Modern Quilting Designs Pattern Matching Your Backing
What are the best hand quilting supplies and tools out there? I’ve recently tried hand quilting and completely fell in love with it, but I don’t think I would have loved it nearly as much if I didn’t use the tools that I did. This article will go over all the supplies and materials you...
