I'm working on a quilt for my daughter right now. She re-decorated her bedroom and wanted a quilt for the foot of her bed. The one she showed me a picture of I refused to make. Then I saw a friend working on a quilt that doesn't have batting (really a coverlet) and decided to do that. It is beautiful, but a lot of work. It's an old Victorian design called "Cathedral Windows Quilt". The best thing is when you get through putting the pieces together, it is done - no batting, no backing. I am also adding beads where the pieces come together because on some of the corners you can see threads. It is gonna be one fancy quilt. She can't take it to her house, though, while she has her monster dog. I'll let her take it home for a day to take pictures :-)
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Hi All;
The quillow is one of the simplest quilts you will ever make. If you type in quillow pattern, you willl get several. You only need 5 yards of material, 21/2 for each side & batting for the center.you will probably need a quilting foot on your machine, most do. i bought one for my machine, was really easy to make & everyone will love you for it.they turn out adorable, especially if they are made out of flannel. you just lay your batting down first, then you lay your 21/2 yds right sides facing, on top of the batting. cut a 19 inch x 17 inch piece from the bottom of your material. thats for the pillow part,cut of excess. now you sew all sides except for the very bottom, turn all the work inside out, you should have the whole quillow just about done, then when you have the right side faceing you, you attach the pillow to the bottom of the quillow,it's really simple when you see the pattern.
mrsbonnie
Wow, stownes! I have been looking at instructions to make those. I found some pieces after Mom passed away that she started working on years ago when I was growing up. I would like to know how to put them together. The instructions are confusing to me. They are beautiful though. I thought I would try to make a pillow out of them since there aren't enough squares for a quilt. I also found some pieces that are smaller circles. Don't know what they are for.
Thanks, Bonnie! Am I too ambitious to think one can be made in less than a day?
easy, in a day, you could probably make a few in a day, it takes longer to cut them out than to put them together.
mrsbonnie
I don't have any $$ for material until next Friday! Waaaaa!!!
What few quilting projects I have done, I used my husbands upholstery machine. He has quilted some other ladies quilts on it and they turned out pretty good.
I just love the Cathedral Windows quilt pattern. I had a girlfriend that took the blocks with her everywhere. She did her's by hand. They turned out beautiful!!
I really hope that Amy is OK.
I love the quillow.My hands and feet get cold from my heart meds I take too.But my machine was so old and I didn't sew for so many years I got rid of it.Now I'm sorry I did..I wonder if I could super glue one together? ^_^ LOL.
Sharon could you show us a picture of your daughters quilt when it's done please.Sounds lovely!
I'll take a picture of the quilt part already done in a bit and post it. Hubby just got home.
Jannich, I would think you could put the quillow together by hand, maybe using a blanket or buttonhole stitch on the outside, especially if you are using fleece that doesn't ravel. It might be really pretty to use a lightweight yarn to put it together.
I wonder if someone could adapt the throw made by cutting & knotting fleece into a quillow?-- with a minimum of sewing that could be done by hand? I gave my machine to DD when we moved.
my grandson had a "blankee" that was two pieces of fleece material with wide slits cut along the edge (like fringe). The fringe was tied together with knots and it never came out after LOTS of washing and drying. Reversible but now sewing at all
how would you make the pillow part??
mrsbonie
I was just reading how to quilt blocks one at a time, before piecing them together . . . I guess I need to decide on a pattern . . . tell me what you guys think . . . here is a pic of one of the blocks - they're all the same (20) . . . sorry it's on my ugly ironing board . . .
That is going to be so pretty when you put them all together. I am not even going to get started quilting!!!
The idea of tying the fleece to make the pillow form/foot warmer is really great because I don't sew enough to think I can. I could actually do the tying, though :).
The good thing about the fleece is it doesn't try to unravel or get stringy.
LOVE IT, NICHOLE!!!!
Jan! If you come visit next year, you could have a sewing machine... Lucky you.
Tish,
I know she loves to visit you so that means two bonuses for her! Now nice :)
Here's a picture of my daughter's quilt so far. If anyone wants the instructions, let me know.
Sharon
That is it!!!! That is what I am trying to figure out so I can finish what Mom started! Please send me your instructions when you get time :) That is so beautiful. You did a fantastic job!
Edited to say: Does anyone have a clue on what pattern would call for circles? Someone told me maybe a "puff" quilt but they weren't for sure of the right name for it.
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Here are the instructions - i'll have to send the three pages separately, I think.
page 2
page 3
I've seen quilts with round pieces - will try to find the name
Thanks so much, Sharon! I will try to work on it after Christmas. I thought with the amount of squares I have I would make a pillow out of it and set it in the old rocking chair. I may have questions when I start working on it LOL!
You're welcome! I'd be happy to help if you need. Also found this site that shows about a zillion types of quilts: http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/
I haven't found the one with round pieces, but saw a picture a while back. Actually, that is what my daughter originally wanted. Someone on the sewing forums might know.
Thanks again! It will be after the holidays before I try to get started and I will do the one you sent me first. I may get on that forum and ask if I haven't found it by then.
Connie are you talking about a yo-yo quilt?
http://sunbonnetsue.com/yoyomonthly.htm
Melanie
That may be it, Melanie. I think I remember Mom using a running stitch around to edge and drawing the string to make it "puff". But then again, all I found were circles and none had been worked on. She had always loved plants and crafts (yes, my addiction is HER fault, LOL) and this project was never finished. I was really young when she was working on this so I can't trust my memory on it.
Thanks for looking that up for me :)
Connie
I don't think the Cathedral Windows Quilt has any circles, it just looks like that when when it's stitched. I made 2 pillows years ago for a christmas gift for my mom...there is a lot of hand sewing in those. I don't know how you would work it by machine.
I would guess circles would be yo-yo's. I'm not sure there are any other quilts I've seen made with circles. You can ask over on the sewing and quilting forum...maybe someone can think of another one with circles over there.
tish
Oh, no, no, no...sorry if I got you confused, Tish. I have 2 different cut outs. I know one is the Catherdral Windows. It was the second set of cut outs that they were trying to help me figure out.
Thanks,
Connie
Oh, Okay...thats alright Connie. My mom left some cut out blocks too. She had a lot of boxes of fabric and when I visit my dad, I go thru them I find surprises like that. I'm still pretty novice at quilting. I took a class at a quilt shop to learn how. I've done a lot of sewing thru the years, but I've always wanted to quilt. Boy...this is about as off topic as we can get, ha.. tish
LOL!!! Yes it is off topic...but it is really nice to share other things with my family on here (smiling big). At least you took a class and you have been sewing...I am self taught. Can't you envision the disasters here LOL! I LOVE to make things though and to me, something homemade especially for me is PRICELESS!!!!!
I don't know why, but I was a little surprised with how many people sew and quilt in our little av group here. It was a fun thing to learn about people! But I guess I was surprised too at how many garden over on the sewing quilting forum.
tish
But isn't it fun to learn so much about each other! I know that this has been off topic but have certainly enjoyed it. Thank you Mrs Bonnie for starting this with you Quillow,and so sorry that we have hijacked you thread Sharon.
Melanie
It is nice to see we have other things in common, other than gessies.
I agree! This has been fun and refreshing. There are some very talented people here and it is nice to stay with the same group if we ever have questions about an OT. I hope Terry leaves this thread. It would be so nice to hold on to for a while. Now we know that there are some that sew, crochet, knit...OH...I make candles and tarts and I paint. I have to get back into painting gosh darn it. So many things going on right now with the holidays. I love crafts :) (Thanks, Mom.)
I make candles too!! Ok, not so often since we moved into the apartment, but I've still got all my mold, some wax . . . just ordered some new scents a few months back, as well as traded someone for some real nice aluminum molds!
LOL!!! Wow!!! I also be you get your supplies from Lonestar LOL
Lonestar and Candles&Supplies.com!
Oh wow!! My mom used to make candles and I've often thought I'd like to do that, too, and put the scents I want in them. I remember she used to make them in milk cartons, and then she'd churn up wax or something to put on the outside. Never have tried that, though.
I just knit and sew and upholster furniture. I crocheted a baby blanket years ago - what a hoot. I obviously knew nothing about it, because even though the blanket was very pretty, it looked absolutely nothing like the picture. A friend said I did almost every stitch backward.
LOL!!!! OMG, Nichole!!!! I just took a stab at it because you live in TX and that is the Co. that I use. UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!
Sharon, if you like crafts, you would probably like making candles too. I use molds like Nichole. I have heard of milk cartons but that scares the crap out of me. You have to get the wax up to a certain temp. ( I usually pour around 190 degrees, depending) and I would be too afraid to try that. If you knew my luck you would understand LOL! Oh, the house smells sooooo good when you are pouring candles.