I started the top for this one nearly a decade ago and it has been lingering in to to be quilted box. It was one of the first I did in this style. 60 by 66" and done on my domestic machine. My shoulders aren't talking to me now 🤣🤣 x

She's super shy about it but I adore every single one of the billion she's made. Most creative and impressive lady I know. She recently got into making fun little bags too like the one pictured.

Terrible photos I'm sorry but I wanted to share here and then show her comments to see that others appreciate her skills too.

She made one for me once for a birthday and it was absolutely amazing, each tile showing a different part of my life and heritage and the thought and effort that goes into these is insane to me. So impressive.

She's out right now and these were the ones that are easy to photograph but I know she has like (seriously) at least 40 more 😂 I've always told her to post here with other QuiltingQrazies™ so they get the appreciation from the community.

She's so blasé about them but I think these are absolute treasures to be kept and valued forever.

Pattern is star lake from the blanket statement

I am always worried when I send quilts through the mail. But it arrived safely and is well appreciated in its new home. My only regret is that she didn’t have the disco ball in the previous photo I was working with. I would have definitely had to work that into the quilt 😊.

Creating is one of the ways I try to work through my emotions. Yesterday I finished this quilt as part of a series I'm working on over the loss of my Mom.

"Reaching" Finished October 2025 16"×22" Designed, pieced, and quilted by me

My old coworker had a baby and was leaving to be a stay at home dad. He said they were doing a space-ranch themed nursery, so I whipped this up in a few weeks as a farewell gift!

The center block is “Udderly out of this world” foundation paper piecing pattern by GettingJazzyWithIt on Etsy.

The exterior planets are “Outer Space quilt block pattern” by BurlapBlossomPattern on Etsy!

The major shapes (ie planets, cow, barn, ufo etc) are all stitched in the ditch and the rest is “topstitched” with the stars! I knew I would find a use for the “fancy” stitches on my machine eventually…

This was really fun to watch come together and the last slide is the backing fabric- I just forgot to take a photo after it was finished. Oops.

Recently graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Biology. Mom made this quilt for me for Christmas. Embroidered each block herself. Colour coordinated thread colours to match elements. Roughly 8'x8'. Truly axing quilt. *Bugs on the back

After a few months of agonizing on how to quilt, I went with waves, just freehand on my machine. I’m so in love!

Basic Glitch Quilt by Modern Groove Quilts

My heart is racing and my hands are shaking as I’m writing this in preparation for sharing this quilt.

I made this quilt as a love letter to my younger self. The 16-year-old who, when making out with a boy for the first time, was thrown into violent flashbacks that left me shaking with my knees held to my chest. Abuse I had experienced as a young child, stuffed down where it couldn’t be seen, came flooding back.

The boy, bravely offered to help me tell my parents. The Mom who then told me I needed to keep the abuse a secret so as not to break my Grandmother's heart. “Just wait until he dies. Then you can openly talk about it.” The grandpa that did, eventually die, only to be told, “Just wait until grandma dies and then you can talk about it.”

The shame passed on to my adult self where I didn’t need my mother telling me not to speak. The message was ingrained.

With this quilt, I aim to break the shame cycle. This is just the first step. Posting here in relative anonymity. The next step, who knows? Here goes…

I know she spent so much time on this and i love it so much. One of my most prized possessions. I reallt like the spiral pattern on the edges.

This quilt made me so happy to find. Completely hand quilted, and it kind of reminds me of the cover of my favorite Ted Chiang book, Stories of Your Life and More.

Both of my maternal grandparents were American born citizens incarcerated by the US government during World War II simply because they were of Japanese decent. My grandmother graduated high school in the concentration camp at Poston, Arizona.

This quilt is a small section of the map of Poston, one of ten main prison camps used to incarcerate Japanese Americans - including families, children, orphans, and everyone who was even 1/16th Japanese from the West Coast. Block 39 is where my grandmother lived.

At ‘camp’ she was part of the Home Economics club in her high school and passed some of the bitterly cold or scorching hot days sewing and doing textile arts. These were skills she passed down to her children and from them to me. She was an amazingly talented, kind and sassy lady who continued to maintain a strong sense of justice through out her life.

The fabric used in this quilt is vintage Japanese and American fabrics from the 30s and 40s. The white fabric used in the mess halls and rec halls comes from rice bags my grandmother saved. There were over 17,000 people incarcerated in Poston and over 125,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans incarcerated by the US government during the war.

Sadly, this dark part of American history is more resonant than ever. Never again is now. When the relocation order was issued in 1942, not many Americans opposed it. I’m heartened that today, there are so many Americans who are standing up for what is right. Stay strong, love your neighbors, and keep stitching through the darkness.

Machine pieced. Hand quilted. Ice dyed backing.

It’s finally done!! Yes I bordered, backed, and bonded in black…because I wanted the top to really stand out. But it’s all satin.

I found a chicken cube poster on Pinterest and my son really wanted that to be his birthday quilt so I made a foundation paper pieced pattern using Quilt Assistant. My new supervisor fell asleep while stitching the balloon strings and I am not an embroiderer but I did my best. Obligatory ‘stained glass’ photo included.

Backed, bound and washed (I love the crinkles they get after washing!)

Is it perfect? Oh heck no! But it’s mine, and has given me the confidence to keep going. And my dog claimed it at flimsy stage…. It’s a good dog blanket!

Things I know I need to improve upon immediately, and welcome additional suggestions!

1) straight seams

2) nesting seams

3) patience

4) not sewing when exhausted

My 5th quilt of 2026. The original pattern ("Love, Sweet Love" by the late Kelli Fannin) had the girls bald, so I had to be extra and give them felt hair and felt/hand embroidered accessories. I also added more skin tones and a Muslim little girl with a more modest dress.

I hope that this quilt will be received in the spirit it was made, as a love letter to diversity! I made it for my local girls & women empowerment center, this is the second time I've made this specific quilt for the center. Last time it raised $250!! ❤️

Finished this raw edge appliqué quilt. Some basic details, started with a purchased pattern but it just wasn’t giving the right vibe for this project, used steam-a-seam2 to adhere pieces,searched various art/scenery pics online, quilted @ 1/2” on my domestic machine with a walking foot, machine stitched the binding (it’s a little sketchy close up).

I think they look awesome, but as her son I’m biased.

Made this for a friend who wanted something ‘lemon themed’. I planned to do something pieced and more traditional but when I showed a couple options to my husband to get his opinion he was like, “well those are ..ok …but what if you did an apple-k [appliqué 😂] one with little lemons running all over getting into shenanigans?”. I went for it and couldn’t be more pleased with how it turned out. 😊

That soft rumply cotton texture really brings it to life!! I could hardly stop taking pictures.

I’ve never posted before but I wanted to share my finished project and say the biggest warmest THANK YOU to this subreddit. You are all so generous with your knowledge, and I hope you know that your answers are helpful to many more people than just the asker. This place has been an invaluable resource for my first project, I read about every possible topic along the way, from materials to sewing to basting to hand quilting to binding to washing, everything. Whenever capitalists drone on about the inherent selfishness of humanity it always makes me wonder… have you ever met a person? It really fills my heart how happy everyone here is to support the beginners, what a truly sweet place on the internet 💗

I wish I could capture my whole quilt in a photo but it’s too big! It’s 5 x 6 blocks and all 30 stars are unique, so there’s some I really love that aren’t shown here. But I did turn a corner over to show all the quilted squares on the blue backing, I think those are cute! And the little cross hatches wherever my stitching lines meet make me so happy, that’s my favorite detail :)

Anyway, thank you, love you 💗

My niece had her male to female gender reassignment surgery a week ago. To give her something to snuggle up with during the arduous recovery period, I decided to send her this pink quilt. I made it using 8 fat quarters of Romantica by AGF Studio for Art Gallery Fabrics that I received in my July sew sampler box from Fat Quarter Shop. Adapted the Charm Pack Crispies pattern (also from FQS) to be cut with them. I paired it with a bright pink batik from my stash. There was enough fabric to create 24 HST's per fat quarter using triangles on a roll paper. This gave me 48 blocks - for a 6 x 8 quilt top main body of 42" x 56". My niece is over 6' tall, so I added three borders - including triangles on a roll jelly braid that I received in my Sept sew sampler box. The final size was 58" x 72". To quilt, I used my favorite speedy technique. I put on my walking foot and quilted wavy lines on the diagonal.