I’m trying to make an appliquéd quilt using heat and bond lite and I’m running into an issue. The first side of the heat and bond adheres to my fabric well but it won’t adhere to my background fabric after peeling the paper lining.

All of my fabric was pre-washed without fabric softener and I followed the instructions, including ironing times. Has anyone else run into this issue or have any suggestions that I could try?

It’s on the bobbin side. On the top, it’s skipping stitches. Tried rethreading it several times.

Is this gender neutral? I feel like it might be slightly more on the feminine side

This quilt is pieced not applique

The dang quilt is so big I had to use three lengths for the backing. If you look carefully, you can find the seams. But by the time it's quilted and washed, they're going to be totally invisible. Squee!

I am making 4 memorial quilts out of my Mom's favorite PJ's. Most of the fabric is dark in color. At her memorial, people wrote on and signed light fabric squares. I have used white carbon paper to trace (transfer) the writing onto the actual quilt squares, since I need 4 of each signature square.

My problem is that when I tried hand embroidering over the tracings, it looked awful. I cannot machine embroider these. I tried white oil paint pens, but they ran terribly! Any ideas of what I can use? Would puffy paint look awful? I'm at a loss! These will be heirloom quilts, so I want them to look beautiful and also have the writings last.

Thank you!

What do you think of this quilt design? I’d like to make a quilt for my 25 year old sons Christmas this year as he loves quilts.

Have y’all ever heard of this company/website? Is it reputable to buy the pattern and fabric from and do you think it would be easier to buy the pattern or could this be easily done without a pattern?

https://www.sewnwyoming.com/shop-pdf/low-tide-pdf

Thanks for looking, my quilting friends.

Saw this in Pinterest. Can anyone help me find the pattern this comes from. Thanks!

The title explains it, but here are details! I’m new to quilting, but am a very experienced apparel sewist and crafter, so I feel confident I can implement any ideas offered. I’m working on a quilt for my mother-in-law, and I’d like to add all of her grandchildren’s names to it. It’s a baby sized quilt, because that’s what I felt comfortable starting with and it’ll act as a lap quilt. Normally I’d just embroider the names onto the quilt front before putting it together, but there are more grandchildren coming (I’m currently pregnant, and may have more in the future) whose names aren’t chosen yet. I don’t want to have all the names embroidered before and then a few added after, so I’d like to add them all at the end so I can add any future grandchildren in the same manner. Would I be best just hand quilting the names into place along with the regular quilting lines? I know that won’t stand out much but maybe the subtlety would be charming? Would embroidering work even though the back of the stitching would be exposed? Any advice or help appreciated!

Hi! I’m an experienced quilter but new to hand-quilting. I’m working on hand-quilting a large medallion quilt and the corners each have a large kitty. I’m planning to outline the shapes, but I think I will need more quilting in the centers (so that the quilting isn’t too far apart). How would you design your hand-quilting for this?

We watched all the Halloweentown movies while sewing and had the most magical time. Tis the season! 🦇🍂

What do you all wish your local quilt shops had that you usually have to order online? I have a heck of a time finding good wide back fabric and minky in my area.

We sold our house 6 months ago, moved my family (complete with 2 very young children and a dog) in with my 2 retired parents and their 3 dogs, and are building a house in my hometown. Living with my parents is… a lot… but I’m so grateful my mom is teaching me to sew & quilt while I’m living under her roof! I think she is thrilled to be passing on this beloved skill. She taught me the basics and is giving me space to find my own way, which I very much appreciate. We are tackling a king size quilt together…advice? Tips?

I am designing a quilt originally using 12x12 inch blocks and have marked out all the cutting measurements by the inch but need to scale it down to 10x10, any advice or mathematician whizzes welcome! TIA

I’m quilting a project that is half black/white/grey and the other half is very colourful. I bought a colourful variegated thread that I love and wanted to matchstick quilt the entire quilt with it. I started a few rows and now I’m not so sure about my choice. The colourful thread looks amazing on the colourful side, but really stands out on the black fabric on the other side. Now I’m questioning my choice. Should I continue on or maybe quilt it half with darker thread and half with the colourful thread? Anyone have a similar situation with quilting two contrasting palettes?

Me again! Sorry if I'm taking up the feed but I'm starting a new project next week and got all the questions!

I've never used red red fabric before. I've prewashed other fabric by shoving it in the washing machine with some colour catchers but my understanding is red can be a nightmare.

How to people prewash red fabric to prevent bleed?

If my fabric comes out the washing machine and looks fine should I trust it or wash again before cutting?

This is my third time using a longarm. My first time went well, second time was a full disaster, and this time was so much better! Sometimes I have to remind my brain not to quit when things get challenging.

Early voting opens today in NC! This is my finished “Vote” quilt that was also in the Lancaster AQS show this year!

My 10-year-old grandson really does want to enter a quilt into the Youth category for a show next year. He’s designed the fabric, and we’ve already got it from Spoonflower. Unfortunately the design involves cutting an awful lot of squares. And the seams, of course have to be ironed to the side. Those of you who have helped a child make a quilt, do you think helping cutting the squares and helping iron that seams to the side counts as too much interference? He’s absolutely going to be doing all the sewing, but he also has ADHD so it’s getting exhausting nagging him to sit down and cut squares. I’m not going to do them all, but how much helping is too much? I suppose if he doesn’t get it done in time for the show that’s on him and eventually he’ll end up with his own quilt. Just looking for other peoples’ experiences.