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The Perfect Quilting Patterns, Tutorials, and Supplies for Making Cozy Heirlooms
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items In the midst of my mother being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, I picked up a long buried dream of learning how to quilt to help me through navigating the grief. Here are some dreamy quilt patterns, quilting tutorials, and sewing supplies I've picked ...
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Beautiful Quilt Patterns
Dreamy Quilting Fabric
Quilting Tutorials That Taught Me Everything I Know
Hand Quilting Supplies
Quilting Companies I Admire
Quilting Inspiration
Beautiful Quilt Patterns
Maybe I'm an overachiever, but my to-do list of quilts is quite long already 😂 These patterns for traditional quilts, minimalist quilts, patchwork quilts, scrappy quilts, and quilt blocks are all somewhere on my list or have inspired my own quilt de...
Honestly, this was the quilt that I saw over and over again whenever I started researching what I needed to get started. It's the quilt that made me realize no matter how complicated a patterned seemed… I could do this. So naturally, it had to be on ...
Inner Beauty Quilt Pattern - PDF download
The Alaska quilt, at least to me, is one of the most stunning quilt patterns I've ever laid eyes on. It looks so intricate but it was watching Amish women put it together that I realized how it's all illusion. And the QUILTING that I've seen on some ...
ALASKA Quilt Pattern
One of the things that I found out a month into my quilting journey is that I'm most impressed with the construction of blocks. At first I was intimidated by how much math can be involved, but when actually digging in with cutting and measuring with ...
Northwest Quilt Pattern - PDF Digital Download
What I love most about this quilt is that it reminds me of moroccan tile. So naturally, I'm utterly in love. 😭 I think this would make for a GREAT reversible quilt… 👀
Highlands House Quilt - PDF Download (Beginner Quilt Pattern)
One of the things I love about temperature quilts is the ombre gradient color scheme. It's what I love about this pattern, you're not having to keep up with a year and all the fahrenheits and celsiuses, you just have to flow in each row. This is just...
Diamond Tides Quilt Pattern
Listen, this is one of the most beautiful quilt block patterns I ever did see. It really took me a while to break down how these pieces were put together to bring forth the illusion of all the intersecting lines. It's just masterful, really.
Night Blooms - A Pineapple Block Quilt
This is one of those quilt patterns where this star block could be reinterpreted in other quilt patterns. UGH, it's so gorgeous! 🧵🪡
Redwood Cottage Quilt - PDF Download (Fat Quarter Modern Quilt)
White Plains Quilts is just… ugh, they're responsible for such epic quilt patterns that you just need to check out the rest of their shop, for sure.
Summer Revival Quilt - PDF Quilt Pattern
Now this is more of a geometric print that utilizes negative space sooooo well. 😍
The Penny Quilt Pattern by Kitchen Table Quilting
Is this not just stunning? UGH! There are so many quilts to make it's like, will I have enough time to make all my dreams come true?! 🤩🪡
Winter Slumber Quilt Pattern (PDF Download)
Literally log cabin quilts are my favorites. That and the courthouse steps (which are basically the same thing, a subset of log cabin quilts). They're just warm, they're inviting, I love a good vintage looking quilt and all the designs that can come ...
Bear in the Log Cabin Quilt Pattern (PDF Download)
This is more of a southwest quilt design pattern, and I just adore everything about it. 🤩
Wayward Quilt Pattern by Casey Cometti for Riley Blake Designs
Glorious.
The Gathering Quilt Pattern (previous mystery) - PDF Download
Sometimes I really just… I feel like I need to lay down, this is so PRETTY! 😭
Stars by the Hour Quilt Pattern - PDF Download
Sharon Holland is another designer that just… gets me. Her fabrics (her Heirloom collection?? 😩🤌🏾) are just phenomenal like, I want them all. And her blog is just a great resource. These are free patterns and tutorials she has out but just… just g...
Sharon Holland Designs | Freebies
Dreamy Quilting Fabric
I've only been in the game for a few months and I already have loads of fabric (which I blame on Joann's going down as well the deals were stunning 🤩) I love woodland prints, floral prints that belong in the Cuthbert's home, and anything that remote...
This is one of my favourite collections out right now, The Old Garden. I dunno like… if you like more modern quilts, my patterns might not be your vibe? I love traditional quilts and this would make a lovely log cabin or courthouse steps quilt 🤩 Eve...
The Old Garden Fat Quarter Bundles - Florentine/Cream/Chive - by Danelys Sidron - Riley Blake Designs (9 Fat Quarters in One Bundle)
I love a good jelly roll or fat quarter if I'm not getting fabric off the bolt. Like… they're so versatile for me, and this gorgeousness… 🤩 I have so many plannnnnssss 😂
Curated Fat Quarter Bundle 16 Fat Quarters Art Gallery Fabrics Quilting Bundle Hand Selected
Who doesn't love Moda? I know there are the Liberty Fabric girlies, but mannn… Moda just… there are so many Moda collections that I could just… I fantasize about 😂
Acorn Hollow Bundles Designed by Basic Grey for Moda Fabrics - Half Yards, Fat Quarters and Fat Eighths - 38 pieces
Another Moda bundle, who knew! 😂 But I loveeeeee the designs from Fancy That Design House & Co (their wallpapers are divineeeeeee) so they naturally had to be on here and this is one of my fave collections from them.
Dawn On The Prairie by Fancy That Designs for Moda, 38 Piece Fat Quarter Bundle Precut Quilting Fabric
🗣️ BE STILL MY BEATING HEART I DON'T NEED ANYMORE FABRIC BUT HERE WE ARE! 🙃😩
Cozy House Bundles - by Judy Jarvi for Andover Fabrics - 100% Cotton - 32 prints - Fat Quarters, Half Yards and Fat Eighths
Like literally, this is a log cabin quilt waiting to happen. With a minky back so you can just be swaddled all winter with hot cocoa and a good book or bible study. 😌❄️
INDIGO NEUTRALS - 16 Quilt Fabric Fat Quarters - Civil War Reproduction - Marcus - Shades of Cream, Tan, Navy Blue, Brown
I'm a hardcore Moda fan like they just know how to pick em, and this colour palette just screams, “take me home with you nOW 🙃”
Denim and Daisies by Fig Tree Quilts Precuts for Moda Fabrics
If no one else sees that this is dying to become an Alaska quilt or log cabin quilt?!?! I guess I'll just have to roll up my sleeves and do it myself 😂👀
Daisy Lane by Kansas Troubles Quilters, Fat Quarter Bundle (40 pieces) by Moda Fabrics
Riley Blake is another designer that just sings the song of my heart. This jelly roll is dynamic, I just love the prints and the color scheme is 🤩
Blush 'N Butterscotch Jelly Roll - Riley Blake Designs - Pink- Cream- Floral Flowers- Spring- Quilting Cotton Fabric
Quilting Tutorials That Taught Me Everything I Know
The internet is a wonderful place, lemme tell you. ♥️🪡
Ms. Miller is no longer with us, and so her tutorials feel like an heirloom from a grandmother I'll never know. 🥹 Seriously, though. I don't own a sewing machine, I hand quilt. And her tutorials are the BEST that I've found and made it so… accessibl...
How to Hand Quilt with Esther Miller (A Playlist)
There are great things to learn from Sew the Distance, but this is one of my favorite lessons from her.
LABELING Your QUILTS || How I Make Quilt Labels
Donna Jordan passed around the same time that my mother did. I'm teary eyed even adding this recommendation to the list. I learned so much about this subject from her. I mean, I tried learning from other tutorials… but the way she taught us… so passi...
FINISH YOUR QUILTS! How to - BORDERS, BACKING, BINDING, QUILTING - For ANY Quilt Top!!
Listen, wide back fabric can get expensive… and from the very beginning, I wasn't prone to invest in them not because of just the price but because… they weren't as cute as the quilting fabric I found 😂 That being said, I am a scrappy back enthusias...
🤩🤚 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT QUILT BACKING - FINISH YOUR QUILT
Do you starch it before or after? Do you even need to starch? Is starch a sewing notion? 😂 Listen, all your starching questions are answered right here in this tutorial. ♥️
How to Starch Fabric! (Mary Ellen's Best Press TUTORIAL!)
This two part tutorial on how to make the most beautiful color wash, scrappy temperature quilt is just… UGH, this is one of the best temperature quilts I've ever seen!
Temperature Quilt Scrap Style
Hand Quilting Supplies
I'm a slow stitcher, you got it. I know, I know, a quilting machine could speed things up for me… but it's therapeutic. Me, my hands, the fabric, the tools… it's good for me. 🥰
And these are the needles that I use for hand piecing. ☺️
Roxanne Sharps Hand Needles 50/Pkg-Size 10
If you're a beginner, these might be too small. I dunno, I just dove right in 😂 These are the quilting needles that I use. They're wonderful.
Colonial Needle Roxanne Hand Needles, Size 11, 50-Pack
Now if you're familiar with big stitch (and you're not doing the small stitches that I use the Roxanne's for) then you basically need sashiko needles. These are great for the job.
Big Stitch Quilting Needle Pack by Pepper Cory
This needle puller is AMAZING. Like literally (go read the reviews) and was introduced to me by Ms. Esther Miller. You're gonna want to get one if you do hand quilting it just… it's a game changer, especially when the betweens are so small!
Needle Puller 3-in-1 Thread Cutter Thimble Protector
I thought, “Oh nawwww, I won't need these” listen just invest in them. They'll save your pretty fabrics that you spent all that money on so that you're not crying pulling your quilt out of the washer looking at how your purple fabric bled onto your l...
Shout Color Catchers Laundry Sheets, 72 Ct
Your rotary cutter is a game changer. Literally. I have the one with the guard on the top because… just safety for me, but this kind? Where the blade is all around? These are reallllyyy good. You can find both types that I'm talking about here.
Fiskars 45mm Rotary Cutter for Fabric
Now I have the original 12x12 Shape Cut but this one is amazing too! At first, I thought maybe I shouldn't have bought it and it was just gonna be one of those fancy gadgets that I got sucked into before I even started… lemme tell you. I'm reaching f...
June Tailor Shape Cut Plus Ruler
Rulers, rulers, RULERS! Just like I said with my bible study essentials list, I don't think you need all the bells and whistles to get started, or to continue when enjoying a hobby. You just don't. Some things are marketed to us just because they make money, and they don't necessarily make it easier on you, it just bogs you ...
Omnigrip RN2518 Non-Slip Quilter's Ruler 2.5x18
Now I have the neon non-slip one, but this is just as good.
Omnigrid® 6" x 24" Rectangle Quilting & Sewing Ruler
Gutermann is the standard. 🤷🏾♀️ I mean, I'll piece with just about anything to be honest. I'm not picky. But with the quilting thread? You want it to be quality, because that's where the beauty in quilts reaaallllyyyy is. A good 40-50wt and you're...
Gutermann Natural Cotton Thread Solids 876yd
Now this is an investment, and you can really use any iron you've got… but this is one of those gadgets that's just handy. You can set it down and it lifts off the table and you can just leave it on and it's so COOL! If it's not in your pocketbook, t...
Oliso TG1600 Pro Plus 1800W SmartIron
Now there are scent free and cherry blossom alternatives, I just like lavender a lot 😌 Starch does actually make a difference. You'd be really surprised. I thought it wouldn't be such a big deal but… hey, starching your fabric before you make your c...
Mary Ellen Alt 16 Oz Starch Alternative Lavender
Quilting Companies I Admire
So a lot happened when I started hand quilting— my mother passed, Ms. Donna Jordan passed (who I had been looking up to learning my new skill), and Joann Fabrics closed 🤦🏾♀️ Not saying I was the catalyst, just that I knew that I needed to find alt...
I think it's hard not to put them on this list. I made some of my first purchases from them, because I needed their Quilt As You Go Squares for my first project. 🥰 They've got great deals like all the time (I'm subscribed to their email list) and my first purchase had 20% off and all kinds of add ons. They're cute, they're cool. I approve. 😂
Missouri Star Quilt Co. | Huge selection of quilting precuts & quilt fabric by the yard
I think I mentioned this before, but I'm obsessed. Fancy That is like they walked out of one of my wildest dreams and came up with patterns and collections that I could just… all of them. I want them all. 🤩 If I could collaborate with them in the fu...
Fancy That Design House & Co.
LISTEN this design house is just… UGH! Amber Kemp-Gerstel taught me book binding when my bible was on its last leg, Lori Holt, I own one of her rulers that is just life changing. Danelys Sidron comes up with some epic fabric patterns, and of course, ...
Riley Blake Designs
Not only does she have her blog, Southern Charm Quilts, Melanie has this beautiful online quilting shop that is one you MUST check out. Her fabric bundles are 🤌🏾
Meander + Make
I think remembering where we come from is important. Seeing quilts that have lasted longer than men is just… it's a revolution, I'm telling you. Quilting is so cool and so woven into the fabric of history around the globe. It's awe inspiring to me.
Monarch Landing Antique Quilts - Monarch Landing
Quilting Inspiration
I am a romantic when it comes to quilting. There are people who inspired me to quilt in the first place, and YouTube influencers who I just adore watching them work on their projects (and ignore their UFOs 😂)
The Gee's Bend quilters… yep. One of the reasons why I was really influenced to get started (between them and Susan Hudson) when I realized it was time to stop putting my dreams on hold because others weren't keeping their commitments (I was supposed...
How a Group of Women in This Small Alabama Town Perfected the Art of Quilting | Op-Docs
I felt so SEEN in this documentary! 🤧 Like the stories of these women, it was like… identity. And Ms. Susan Hudson? She is one of the two people that really inspired me to get into quilting, so her story hits me on a whole other level.
American Seams
I've rewatched this seminar on quilting history over and over again. I mean, the information that she presents is just… if you're a serious quilter, just take a look at what's possible. Reallllyyy listen to her.
"Traditional and Modern: Quilts of Gee's Bend" presented by Allyson Allen
This is another one that… it's just a must watch. It's so incredible, seriously.
Power, Purpose, + Perseverance: Visualizing Black History in Quilts by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi
Did you know about getting quilts appraised? 🤯 I mean, this is a billion dollar something industry (another tidbit I didn't know before I started researching while cutting fabric). There is a lot of good information in this documentary as well.
Points of Pride: South Dakota's Quilting Heritage | SDPB Documentary
Amanda's blog was one of the first I came across when I began snooping around the internet for inspiration. Before I knew I was going to dive headfirst with hundreds of dollars on fabric and supplies, I needed a vision. And she (unknowingly) helped m...
A Crafty Fox | Quilting. Books. Lifestyle.
Melanie's blog is another space where I spent a loottttt of time just being totally inspired. She has great tutorials for beginners, classes, and even has her own shop. She's a great resource.
Discover New Patterns and Fabrics with Southern Charm Quilts
Rachel is the quilter who introduced me to my first quilting project. I love visiting her channel to see how she's doing (and you've GOT to see her temperature quilt!! 😩🤌🏾) and because what she creates is just right up my alley with that cottageco...
Stitch With Rachel
KATE IS AMAZING! UGH! Her projects are just so cool! I really enjoy watching her projects and just listening to her ramble with us as she vlogs her quilting journey! 🤩
The Last Homely House