patchwork quilts?

pinknfluffy0

Has any one ever made one? I quite fancy one for my bedroom. Any tips?

rachbc

I've started 2!

pinknfluffy0

lol how far did you get?

rachbc

well with the first 18 years ago when I was 18...I did it by machine with fabric from liberty/ sanderson samples - I cut all the pieces and sewed them into strips and many of the strips together - but then I moved house about 8 times (student etc) and it got sent back to mums and never finished.

Then abount 5 years ago I started buying stuff to make an all white hand sewn one - thats as far as I got. I blame hubby for never getting round to making me a template!

I've come to the conclusion I'm more of a ideas person than a finisher/ completer!!

mummyslittleboy

I was thinking of making the girls these for there beds for the winter but no idea were to start either.

buggalugs

HI, what sort are you wanting to make? I quilt, I have found many patterns free online too, if you would like to know some of hte sites I would be willing to post them for you. Quilting can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it lol
Have fun ladies

buggalugs

http://quilting.about.com/od/babyquiltpatterns/ss/easybabyquilt.htm
Ok I wasn't sure if it would let me post links , but here is one, its pretty simple and a great site all in all. If you would like more let me know. BY the way, this is an american site and nothing what so ever to do with me lol Just one I use a lot lol

mummyslittleboy

buggalugs wrote: »

http://quilting.about.com/od/babyquiltpatterns/ss/easybabyquilt.htm
Ok I wasn't sure if it would let me post links , but here is one, its pretty simple and a great site all in all. If you would like more let me know. BY the way, this is an american site and nothing what so ever to do with me lol Just one I use a lot lol

Thanks for that its great I got a bag of material that I was wondering what to do with and my mum has some scraps of material to hopefully it will keep the girls beds a bit warmer in the winter:T

Tregemred

Hi PNF,

By coincidence, my friend invited me to join her quilting group starting last Friday. I have done some textile work but I would not call myself an expert, more an enthusiastic amateur . I started the most basis rail fence quilt with oddments of material she had with her. The standard of work was everything from beginner (me ) to breathtaking. I think I will be going down the road of using what I have rather than buying new fabric, at least for the time being. I'm already thinking of cheaper/greener options (walk before you run TGR!!!!). If you can join a group, you will get support, tuition and a social event, I would recommend it. I am in Staffordshire, anyone in the area needs the details let me know.

HTH

TGR

pinknfluffy0

Thanks so much for the replies, I think I will look into groups see if I can find one. I was going to use old clothes of the husbands mine and the childrens and if I needed more go to charity shops and look for interesting clothes.

Tregemred

Hi again,

I came across these links whilst looking for advice. There are some good ideas for repurposing old clothes and using the very smallest pieces of leftover fabric.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-53378-1.htm

http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.com/2009/06/seven-shirts-seven-steps-one-thrifty.html

http://www.quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml

http://quiltville.com/stringquiltingprimer.shtml

HTH

TGR