Whole cloth quilting designs

Are you overwhelmed with the simple elegance of a wholecloth quilt but are clueless on how make one yourself? Read for 5 tips on how to wholecloth quilt:

Around the early 1800’s three types of quilts became popular: the whole cloth, broderie perse, and medallion quilts. Several of my past blogs have featured medallion quilts – how to make them…

Instructions on how to make a whole cloth quilt, including the types of fabric to use, basting, quilting and finishing the quilt.

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A traditional wholecloth quilt stitched out on a piece of cream 'Shadow Play' fabric by Maywood Studio. An original design that was changed many times over the years finally came to fruition when I added the curling Amish feather border which completed my vision of creating a traditional whole cloth design based on a central motif, repetition, symmetry and movement. The quilt was quilted with Aurifil cotton thread for the main elements and Invisafil from Wonderfil Threads for the…

Melissa’s 2 Hour Bound Whole Cloth Quilt Made with Tiger Lily by Heather Ross It’s time for another tutorial! Recently, I had one w...

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Cindy Needham has designing quilting stencils, quilting e-books on quilt designs, wholecloth quilts, quilting feathers and heirloom backgrounds. Quilting blog.

Quilt maker and designer Sandie Lush gives you the low down on how to get started in wholecloth!

I am starting my second king size whole cloth quilt. It takes talking to the bride and showing her books with lots of quilts. She told me the different things she liked about the quilts she saw, and then I drew this. The border is from an old pattern meant for a block I believe that I got from my Mom's stash. This is the inside that I got out of a Karen McTavish book - with adjustments These are some rays I had printed that I will use on this quilt and be able to save and use on any quilt…

Do you have a list of quilts that you’d love to make…..one day? Kind of like a quilting bucket list? Well, there has been one type of quilt on my quilting bucket list for the longest time…a wholecloth quilt. Just in case you don’t know, a wholecloth quilt is made of a solid piece of fabric … Continued

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Where do you start. I wrote a post last year on what goes into the preparation for a Wholecloth. Currently thinking of doing a number of posts on the topic of wholecloth quilts to demystify the process. First and foremost is planning. I spend an extraordinary amount of time on planning these projects given that I am going to spend the next few months on this one project. Once it’s basted and you are stitching there is very little you can do to alter your design or re-draw sections. Trust me…

I started this whole-cloth quilt with a beautiful blank slate! I wanted to experiment with what would happen if hand-stitching created the design instead of fabric. Blogged at Six White Horses.

Read about the design and quilting of Renae Allen's "Quartro Decennie" quilt – a beautiful wholecloth quilt with exquisite hearts, feathers, and fills. … More

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Hey there! Today is my stop stop on the 2016 New Block Blog Hop sponsored by Paintbrush Studio. This hop features the awesome Painter’s Palette solids by Paintbrush Studio. They provided me with 6 fat quarters to use any way I’d like as long as I made a 12″ block. I came up with […]