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Quilts Made in 2020 from Mary Manson Quilts

I wanted to post these quilts I made in 2020. I took a break from making Wedding Dress Quilts to make some quilts for myself, and Christmas gifts.

Purple Flowers was made from an embroidered tablecloth, on a purple cotton backing, and

machine quilted.

Purple Flowers

I wanted to try a mandala whole cloth quilt, and designed and quilted this one in white thread on a blue cotton background.

Blue Mandala

This whole cloth quilt was made from a Dream Big panel by Hoffman, and quilted in a feather pattern.

Big Dreams

Ruth wanted a quilt with penguins for a ...

added by Mary @ Mary Manson Quilts 3 years, 2 months ago. under applique , machine quilting , whole cloth

Sweet Dreams Wholecloth Quilt - Entered in Virtual Quilt Show from Mary Manson Quilts

Sweet Dreams was inspired by some pictures I saw on the internet, I wanted to make a whole cloth quilt incorporating a dream catcher design, and have some fun being creative!

The quilt is made from a single piece of off-white satin, with wool batting and white cotton backing. I quilted a dream catcher in the center, hand beaded, with some thread painting.

In the borders I created a design that echoed the feathers and dream catchers, along with a traditional feather design. The background areas were quilted in several background fill designs. Instead of a binding, I faced the ...

added by Mary @ Mary Manson Quilts 3 years, 2 months ago. under fabric paint , feathers , machine quilting , whole cloth

Quilting Book Review from Becca's Crazy Projects

It isn't often I add another book to my collection. It is even more rare for me to write a review about one of those books. Today I want to tell you about Step-by-Step Texture Quilting: 65 New Free-Motion & Walking-Foot Designs (affiliate link) by Christina Cameli. I first heard of Christina Cameli when I was still active on Craftsy and Bluprint. There I watched a couple of her classes and enjoyed both. I recently received a little nudge from Sam Hunter of Hunter Design Studio either via social media or from her subscriber list. I looked up this book ...

added by Becca 3 years, 9 months ago. under 2020 , badass , book , free motion , hand guided , maryland , md , quilt , quilted , quilter , quilting , sew my stash , tool , tool tip , whole cloth

Star Struck from Becca's Crazy Projects

I picked up this panel by Anthology Fabrics a couple years ago at a quilt show. It has been waiting around in my collection for me to get up the nerve to quilt it. Since I completed my Dream Big panel I figured I had enough confidence to give it a go.

While I complete expected variance from the package print, I did not expect it to be this different. Granted, it didn't change that I was going to quilt it, it was just kind of surprising how much my panel did not match the package photo.

I decided ...

added by Becca 3 years, 9 months ago. under 2020 , badass , free motion , hand guided , juki , maryland , md , quilt , quilted , quilter , quilting , sew my stash , whole cloth

Dream Big from Becca's Crazy Projects

Part 2

Last week I shared the first part of my Dream Big panel. Above, the order I used for the thread changes. I love that I have so many colors of So Fine! from Superior Threads. Options are good.

As I worked each petal I would decide what to do with the next. I looked at panels quilted by other people and realized I really went middle-of-the-road with the quilting. So many others did some pretty intense quilting. My quilting is light in comparison to some.

I worked on it for several hours but I had to quit for ...

added by Becca 3 years, 11 months ago. under 2020 , badass , free motion , hand guided , juki , maryland , md , quilt , quilted , quilter , quilting , sew my stash , whole cloth

Dream Big from Becca's Crazy Projects

Part 1

I've had this Dream Big panel for a while. I picked it up because it seemed everyone was doing it.

I found a piece of leftover backing fabric that was wide enough to user and I picked my threads. I wanted to blend the thread with the petals so I pulled seven different thread colors.

I used a double layer of batting and basted the entire panel before beginning. I don't usually baste, finding I get a better result without basting.

I started in the middle.

If you look at all the different versions of this ...

added by Becca 3 years, 11 months ago. under 2020 , badass , free motion , hand guided , quilt , quilted , quilter , quilting , sew my stash , whole cloth

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