Category Archives: Tips and Techniques

Kyle’s Photo Grad Quilt

Kyle’s Photo Grad Quilt

If you can believe it, this is Lisa’s first quilt!!!  She did have a good teacher, Barb at Rainbows and Calico Things Quilt Shop to guide her along on her first venture into quilting.  This was a very fun project to quilt with some considerations.  Most photo quilts I just stitch right through the photo disregarding the picture or I outline the photo with SID, but the featured portrait photos were so large  that I decided to quilt a vignette frame for each one spacing each one slightly different because of the blocking of the picture.  Here’s a few photos, let me know what you think.

Bamboo batting

Bamboo batting

According to Winline Textiles they have the best 100% bamboo batting and everyone making quilts will soon be using this product because according to their website it’s a  natural fiber made from renewable resources, durable, antibacterial, breathable, and thin scrim to prevent stretching and bunching.  What do you think?  Is bamboo batting the batting of the future?  Leave me a comment with your opinion.  Thanks!

Girl Talk by Rainbows and Calico Things

Girl Talk by Rainbows and Calico Things

What girl wouldn’t want a quilt like this?!  The kit is available at Rainbows and Calico Things, online or in the store.  To compliment the squares we decided on a freehand edge to edge (E2E) spiral design using white thread.  The quilting adds lots of great texture and movement.  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select, which is white and guarantees the white fabric to stay white looking.

Twirligig Quilt by The Double Nickel Quilt Challenge

Twirligig Quilt by The Double Nickel Quilt Challenge

Candy has done another great quilt with a new twist on the disappearing nine patch.  Check out her blog for a mini tutorial.  The Kaffe Fassett fabrics are great for every type of quilting however we decided an overall would be best and I used one of the big flowers in the fabric as inspiration for a new meander design called Cockscomb meander.  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select and the thread is Superior Threads King Tut Joseph’s Coat variegated thread.

Have you made a T-Shirt quilt?

Have you made a T-Shirt quilt?

T-shirt quilts are a great way to commemorate life events or put all those shirts to good use!  Here’s a couple awesome t-shirt quilts made by Lauren.  Notice the sashing detail that really sets off the t-shirts.  She did a wonderful job stabilizing the t-shirt fabric which makes the quilting easier and with better results.  My usual approach to quilting the T-shirt quilt is to stitch right through the motifs with a medium to large meander.  The quilting adds texture and becomes another element without distracting from the topic of the shirts.  The quilting density is even and makes the quilts very usable.  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Puff which is light and machine wash and dry.

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