1. ffffound.com, 2. purlbee.com, 3. gormanshop.com.au, 4. thedecorista.tumblr.com, 5. poppytalk.blogspot.com
As I wrote yesterday, I am tackling on my very first quilting project! I am super excited. I always thought quilting was for old women, but after seeing some fashionable people like Nette and Stefanie worked on quilt, I’m convinced that I am going to make one as well.
I want to decorate my bedroom loft with my first quilt tapestry. Since my bed is up on the third floor loft, I do not use bed frame or headboard for the bed, because of the lack of space. I want to decorate that area with a nice modern quilt tapestry instead of a headboard. After collecting and thinking about the patterns for the quilt, I’ve decided to use the pattern below (image via stylemepretty).
I know it is not a quilting pattern. Rather, it looks like it’s made of tiles. But I decided on this because I like the combination of yellow and white, and it seems like I can make this with just square pieces. I also like the modern feel to it.
I’m planning on connecting the squares together using sewing machine (or do you recommend hand stitching? I have no idea when it comes to this), then sandwich the quilt batting with the patch worked piece and white fabric, and sew straight stitches to finish up.
Below is my little sketch for the pattern and the pieces I cut out. I used my scrap fabrics to cut out 50 squares for each color.
I’m so excited for my new challenge! Do you have any recommendation for beginner quilter? Any good blogs or websites to read?
Alexander Wang
Made:: Men’s Simple Tshirt
Emily says
I think that you could achieve this design by doing a log cabin style construction. It’s a really easy quilt pattern to start with and you wouldn’t need to sew a bunch of tiny squares together, but instead use strips. I’m all for using shortcuts when quilting! You would just start with a small square and then sew strips onto the sides and trim them off as you go, then you do not have to measure each individual piece, you just build on to it. Here’s a pic I drew to sort of explain: http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l598/thecuteoctopus/Quilt.jpg
Emily says
Here’s another picture to try to explain! http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l598/thecuteoctopus/Quilt2.jpg I drew it really fast and sloppy, but hopefully what I was saying makes more sense! 😛
Chie says
HI EMILY! this is sooo cool! thank you for the diagrams! i wish i knew about this before – i already cut out 50 square pieces:( ugh! your method would have been so much faster! maybe for my next quilt… thank you so much emily!
Emily says
I’m glad to help! My mom makes quilts so I’ve picked up some tips from her! I’m sure yours will look awesome no matter how you make it 🙂
moxiemandie says
I haven’t completed a quilt yet- just started cutting pieces out 2 months ago, but haven’t done anything else yet! A good blog for you might be Oh Fransson! She has great photos & patterns!!
Chie says
love the website! thank you for the recommendation mandie!
Brandy says
Hi Chie ! I read your blog all the time and today I just had to comment. Yay for making a quilt! I made my first quilt a year ago and I just recently finished my wedding quilt. I actually used the purl bee project (2) that you have here as my inspiration for it. I have some pics and tips on my blog if you’re interested. Good luck:)
Chie says
hi brandy, thats great! i have to check out your blog for that..im hopping over there now:)
kristin says
good for you starting a quilt! they can be SO intimidating. when i was making my first quilt a few months ago, i consulted oh fransson! (http://www.ohfransson.com/) and film in the fridge (http://www.filminthefridge.com/) quite a bit. check out their tutorial sections. good luck!!
Chie says
Kristin, thank you for your recommendations for the websites! They both look amazing. I’m reading up on Oh! Fransson! now. Eventually, I’d like to incorporate some quilting experience into garment making:) xx
Ai says
I hope to see your creations one day with some quilting design chie. it would really be a hit !
i’d love to try on quilting but it needs a lot of patienc i think.
Mlise says
Perhaps you can use this half log cabin pdf: http://www.sfvqa.org/BOM/2002/200210.pdf
Have fun,
Mlise
Chie says
cool! thank you for the link!!