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Bella Bella By: Busybees2, Virginia, USA This Bella Bella quilt pattern is at this point awaiting the perfect quilting & quilter. The main body was paper pieced, the center medallion was fussy cut & paper pieced, and my wonderful husband designed the paper piecing patterns for the borders. I plan for a turquoise piping & brown bindin Quilt size: width: 87" height: 87" |
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Blue Bird of Happiness By: Amy Gay, Louisiana, USA Dot Gautier of Stitches and Kisses designed the paper pieced center of this sweet little wall hanging. I added tiny nine patches and appliqued flowers for contrast. It ended up being shipped over seas in a swap sponsored here. Quilt size: width: 18" height: 24" |
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BOM Sampler in 1/12 Scale By: Diane Bryant, Ohio, USA My quilt group was doing a Block of the Month and I decided to see if I could reproduce it in miniature. All of the blocks are hand pieced. The plain blocks are a stripe fabric. It was fun to challenge myself and see how small I could go. The smallest piece is a 1/8 inch triangle in the heart block. Quilt size: width: 5.5" height: 7" |
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CENTER STREET USA By: Jean, Ohio, USA This was designed by a woman in Canton, Pa. named Betty Neff. She lives on Center Street there. My husband came from the same town. It is paper pieced with applique vine around. It is machine quilted as well. Quilt size: width: 49" height: 51" |
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Compass Celebration By: Debbie, Israel This is a mini-quilt that I made several years ago using one of Carol Doak’s blocks. It contains my favorite colors. It was once included in a magazine article that Carol wrote for Quilter’s Newsletter. Quilt size: width: 12" height: 12" |
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Dancing Ribbons By: Ranju Gandhi, Kuwait This wall hanging is paper pieced in silk. Quilt size: width: 16" height: 16" |
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Explorations By: Sally Gould Wright, California, USA The raffle quilt for the 2009 Santa Monica Quilt Guild Quilt Show ” Explorations”. I designed the quilt with my art quilt group & paper pieced the central compass. Kits for the stars and geese were made by members from designs by Peggy Martin. I sewed it together and quilted the final result. Quilt size: width: 60" height: 72" |
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Feathered Peacock Star By: Darlene Gerber, Ohio, USA Custom free motion quilting enhances the Merlot to Light Green Batiks, which radiate from dark to light in my second Judy Niemeyer paper pieced creation. My biggest challenge was selecting the colors and patterns of the 12 different batiks. My husband says they remind him of peacock’s feathers. Quilt size: width: 60" height: 60" |
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Forest QAL By: AmandaK@whatthebobbin, Texas, USA This quilt is made up of several paper-pieced blocks from the Forest QAL Hosted by Shape Moth. I’ve added in a strip of “leftovers” fabric from the blocks to enlarge the top a bit. I am still working on what the back will look like. Quilt size: width: 48" height: 50" |
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Gansos entre estrellas By: azuliverde, Uruguay This is my first paper piecing quilt and it’s a wall hanging for my daughter’s bedroom. I bought the fabrics in the U.S.A. (I’m from Uruguay). Some details are still missing. The flying geese will have a 1/4” bias and the quilt will have a wider bias al around. Quilt size: width: 47" height: 34" |
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grandmothers garden By: Marianne, Australia I started this quilt with no plan of what size it was going to be and I made quite a few flowers before deciding how what the other hexagons would be. I used a jelly roll. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. It is for my daughter and she loves it. What more thanks does one need? Quilt size: width: 45" height: 50" |
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Hairbell By: Kathy Howard, Vermont, USA The Hair Bells are from a wildflower photo by my brother. I drew out the design myself and paper pieced it. The dimensions are approximate as I don’t remember the size for sure. It was a Christmas gift to the brother who took the photo. Quilt size: width: 60" height: 45" |
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Jenny’s Harry Potter Quilt By: Joan, Iowa, USA My daughter loves Harry Potter & make it for her. When it came time to titling the books, Jenny picked out the titles. Quilt size: width: 68" height: 79" |
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Kaffe for Julianne By: Lynn, Oregon, USA This was done for a Doll Quilt Swap. The recipient liked Kaffe Fassett and paper piecing. This is what I came up with. Quilt size: width: 18" height: 18" |
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Kashmir By: Jenny, Minnesota, USA This is a kit by Jinny Beyer given to me as a gift. It is my first paper pieced quilt. I had many frustrating moments but with several calls to a quilting buddy I persevered. I am happy with how it turned out and can’t wait to get it quilted. Quilt size: width: 82" height: 82" |
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Let’s Twist Again By: Lorraine, New Zealand My first PP quilt. Design came via an on-line purchase and I had grave problems with it (won’t mention shop). I could not get the twisted log cabin to work and thought it was me but the paper pattern needed to be reversed. Quilted by my friend Sue Roper in exchange for a quilt top I made for her Quilt size: width: 108" height: 108" |
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Lighthouses By: Sandy Lynch, Maryland, USA Found this pattern for paper pieced lighthouses and just had to make it. Each lighthouse is 3 inches x 3.5 inches. Quilt size: width: 13" height: 20" |
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Log Cabin Mini By: Hetty Gruener, Ontario, Canada This miniature was intended to be part of a silent auction at our quilt show, but it did not get done in time. Only 14 inches square, it contains 336 pieces of fabric, not including the borders. Each strip is 1/4in. finished. I doubt that I could have made it without paper piecing it. Quilt size: width: 14" height: 14" |
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Mariner’s Compass Stars in Window By: Carol Johnston, Idaho, USA I purchased Carol Doak’s book, Mariner’s Compass Stars and made two different quilts using paper pieced blocks. Then I just had to make a whole quilt of different stars from the book. This is the result Quilt size: width: 73" height: 90" |
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Mars Sure is Bright Tonight By: Kathleen Leake, California, USA This was made for my daughter to take to college. It was a modification of the Millennium Compass pattern published in The Foundation Piecer magazine in 2001. She needed a twin-size quilt so I added lots more stars. The original pattern had the stars on beige fabric. Quilt size: width: 84" height: 108" |
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Memories of Wales By: Anne Shelbaer, Colorado, USA ‘Memories of Wales’ These are the words below the dragon in Welsh. Contest called ‘Memories’; background, border & teal only were added other fabric were from the contest. Really fun but was difficult to piece together, all those straight lines. Did not actually see a dragon while in Wales. Quilt size: width: 23" height: 30" |
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Mexican Colors By: Marjorie Nath, Mexico This is the Rays of Hope pattern by Carol Doak. My inspiration was all the beautiful flowers here in Mexico that seem to bloom all year round. This is the first of the wall hangings that I plan to make for the home that we are building. Quilt size: width: 28" height: 28" |
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Music to the Heart By: Donna Porter, California, USA My son Adam just graduated from CSU Chico with his teaching credential in music. He just landed his first teaching job and will be working with the young people of the Kerman California. We are so proud of him and this is his graduation present. Quilt size: width: 68" height: 84" |
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One Day at a Time By: Martha Szescila, Florida, USA Inspired by my late husband, while he was battling brain cancer. He believed all things could be accomplished “one day at a time”. This was machine pieced, machine quilted, and hand beaded and took 3 years to complete. It is my tribute to his strength. Quilt size: width: 40" height: 40" |
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Orange Peel By: Bunny, Ontario, Canada This quilt is entirely paper pieced. I enjoyed making this quilt although the border was a little tricky. There are a variety of several fabrics as you can imagine. Quilt size: width: 80″" height: 80″" |
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Prairie Schoolhouses By: Delia Hardcastle, United Arab Emirates Prairie Schoolhouses was my first attempt at foundation paper piecing. I used leftover scraps of material from another project. The best part of the process was tearing off the paper afterwards and turning over the square to discover how perfect the schoolhouse finished. I hand quilted it. Quilt size: width: 36" height: 36" |
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Quel est le chemin pour Sesame Street? By: Accroquilt, Quebec, Canada Designer: Michelle thompson Quilt size: width: 54" height: 80" |
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Sew interwined By: Kerri Hunter, Australia I made this quilt from an online QAL late last year, it was designed by Jen Excell and Melissa Dunworth. It was my first attempt at paper piecing and I found it so much fun as it went together without any issues. Quilt size: width: 65" height: 65" |
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Starburst Wedding Ring By: Anne Cloud, Tennessee, USA I made this paper-pieced quilt as a gift for my daughter. She helped me choose the fabrics, not realizing I was making it for her. She was stunned when she opened her Christmas present the following year. Quilt size: width: 60" height: 60" |
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Swedish Bloom By: Debbie, California, USA This paper-pieced quilt was made while participating in the Patchwork Please, Zakka 2.0 Sew-Along. Working through the new book Patchwork Please-one project a week! This is a variation of a project in the book upcoming for Week 10. Quilt size: width: 56" height: 64" |
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The Zoo By: Afton, New Mexico, USA “The Zoo” is my own original paper-pieced pattern designed for my son, who loves animals. Quilt size: width: 44" height: 56" |
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Tropical Ferns By: Debbie Grasley, Minnesota, USA I made this for my sister who lives in Alabama. She wanted something that was tropical and I used all colorful batiks in paper piecing this together. She loves it. Quilt size: width: 6" height: 79" |
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Trouvez le coeur By: Brigitte DUMAINE, France Kit de Jinny Beyer, magnifique arc en ciel, j’aime beaucoup les travaux de cette créatrice ! entièrement piécé et quilté machine. Quilt size: width: 45" height: 45" |
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Y = X By: GeoMama, Alberta, Canada This is a small block that is going to be a pillow top. I love math and think there are far too few math related quilts out there. This was my first attempt at paper piecing, I designed the block myself. I have more ideas of math related blocks to make once this pillow is finished. Quilt size: width: 10" height: 10" |
I like the thinner, natural fiber ones (so far) – I’ve not quilted long enough to have settled on a particular brand yet. :)
The batting I’ve used most frequently is the Hobbs brand- the Hobbs Natural Cotton as well as the Hobbs Polydown.
Both are great for machine quilting.
I like warm and white. I have done both hand and machine quilting
I am just beginning, so my opinion may not mean much, but I like warm and natural cotton!
I like to use The Warm Company Warm and White or Warm and Natural for machine quilting. I like the feel of the finished quilts for both traditional cotton quilts and also for T-shirt quilts.
Quilters Dream Request is my favorite lightweight batting, and Warm & Natural my favorite every day batting.
quilter’s dream request is my favorite batting
I use hobbs cotton 80/20 for most quilts I machine quilt and it works very well for me I have some wool from hobs but haven’t got the courage up to use it yet.
I most often use Quilters Dream Request, either the cotton or the poly. I quilt everything by hand. They quilt up beautifully, and the cotton has minimal shrinkage, which I prefer.
I love Anne Cloud’s quilt. It is simply gorgeous.
I use warm & natural for both hand and machine quilting. lots of beautiful quilts this contest. It was hard to choose.
Warm and Natural is such a nice fabric to work with when machine quilting! But Hobbs 80/20 is great for showing off the stitching so its a toss up!
I really enjoy using “soft and bright” batting made by the warm company…its affordable and I love the feel and weight of it.
I use Warm & Natural batting. I have not tried hand quilting yet; all of mine are done on machine!
I love the Hobbs 80/20 batting, it has a nice feel to it; I only do machine quilting now but someday I’d like to try a small project to hand quilt—just haven’t taken that step yet!
So far I have only used Warm & Natural for machine quilting and I like it.
I like Hobbs 80/20 blend.
Hobbs Tuscany wool is my choice as we need warm quilts here for winter. I do buy other brands as well if on sale.
I’ve started using quilters dream. I love the light weight and warmth.
I’m a fan of Warm and Natural for hand and machine quilting. It works wonderfully for all projects. Although I’ve also just discovered the delightfulness of Hobbs Tuscany silk for special projects. . .
I like warm and natural for both…
I don’t always stick to the same brand, but I always use cotton batting. It just breathes so much better than polyester. :)
I only use Winline 100% Bamboo….. it is soft, comfy, nonallergic, anti-bacterial and gorgeously green. Feels similar to a silk batt at an affordable price. I always machine quilt.
I love warm and natural for the quilts I make for those that live in warm/hot climates – and Hobbs wool for those that live in the cold climates. Both have served me well.
I don’t have a favorite batting. I’ve always used what I could find in a small town. That means if Walmart doesn’t have it, I haven’t used it. LOL. I always machine quilt on my simple little Brother machine.
I use morning glory polyester lowloft. My machine won’t sew anything very thick and this works well and easy to get. :)
I like The Warm Company… Warm and natural
I don’t have a favorite, as long as its cotton. I machine quilt my quilts
I am very new to quilting but I have found that I enjoy warm and natural! I only machine quilt right now. Thanks for a wonderful blog!!