Simply Serene pattern from myquiltroom with a few modifications. Learned a lot and allowed my less obscene mistakes to survive in the name of progress. The back is a fleecy blue fabric that makes it so snuggly. Also I will never quilt something this thick on my little machine ever again!

I admittedly had no plan and so little experience, but i was determined to make a patchwork tablecloth today and have failed miserably. I started the day so excited to finally have time to sew, with sort of an idea, only to spend all day just to wind up with...this. I had accepted it's wonky flaws but the teal border is just so...wavy? Ugh. Is the whole thing just garbage or can I save this somehow?! I wanted to keep adding layers but at this point I'm not sure if I would be better off just giving up. I'm so disappointed with myself for wasting all this time and effort for it to look SO bad. Any advice is so much appreciated. Thank you. ❤️

I LOVE Essex linen and incorporating it into my quilts. I’ve been sewing from my stash the last few years, not having added a lot of basics since 2021-ish. I was in a local quilt shop last weekend want was petting the fabric as one does and came across a bolt of solid Essex. It seemed lower quality and less dense/thinner than what I have in my stash at home. Any thoughts or commentary? With all the press about Robert Kaufman and the new AGF quilters linen coming out soon, curious what others have experienced. If the quality has truly gone down hill already for Essex, I’ll be more likely to jump on the inevitable AGF bandwagon. Thanks in advance!!!

I have so many cuts all over my hand!! i just chopped off half my nail on accident too... All this came about because of a rotary cutter. I'm not the safest person but I didn't expect my nail to be half gone! Blood and bandaids everywhere. Someone should make a horror story about quilt making.

my corners aren’t all perfect but I think she’s cute anyway! do you guys think that a serpentine stitch going diagonally for quilting would look good? I’m unsure but I’m using my domestic brother machine and she seems to glide through that stitch better than even straight line quilting

A Christmas (🙈) present from a dummy daughter to her big dummy dad.

The pattern is Love Stinks from Art East Quilting Co. I’m officially a fan of theirs for life. I was having the hardest time figuring out the cutting for this quilt. I reached out to the company in a moment of desperation, and they sent me some super helpful guidance. It was so kind!

First time sewing a quilt, I always prewash my apparel fabric so not prewashing feels unnatural. But I also don't want to prewash 20 seperate times for each colour. I am about to start my first dino from the Elizabeth hartman pattern and don't want to waste time making it if i really SHOULD be prewasning and end up ruining it the first time i wash it. I've definitely bitten off more than I can chew for my first quilt so if I make it to the end of this pattern I want to make sure it looks good (as good as these wonky seams can look at least) What is your experience with prima fabrics (spotlight, AU) Thanks!

Finished this pre cut kit from quilts for kids in 2 days. Those are little knitting sheep too cute!!. 😍😍 happy Saturday night quilters!

My first scrappy quilt! I also tried made it a self binding and and did a crowfooting stitch to quilt it for the first time. I like both techniques. When I first finished the quilt top I didn't like it and it sat in my closet for almost a year. After some time and adding borders, I'm really enjoying it now!

Really irritated rn about a stupid mistake I made. Had to spend half an hour frogging all my work I did actually quilting — already my least favorite part — and redo EVERYTHING I just did!

Please commiserate with me. Tell me your quilting horror stories.

That big block almost took me out!

Last Summer my mom and I did a portion of the All michigan Shop Hop and I collected fat quarters that reminded me of each Taylor Swift album. I thought to make the layout like her Eras tour poster but I was never able to afford tickets so I decided I will just wait for TS12 to come out and make a 12th block at that time.

Anyone have a beginner pattern that will work with only 2 fabrics of which are both patterned ? Please!