Anyone else into quilting?

[CormoranStrike]

Fancy sharing your work?

I’m quite into it at the moment, and am working on a Bargello. This is it so far.

That's lovely. I like the colours OP.

I like sewing and I'd like to try quilting more this winter. There's some lovely designs on Pinterest.

Oh yes, I am practically addicted to Pinterest.

What do you see Eggs?

That's awesome! I'm just a beginner, but I've made this hot water bottle case and a blanket for my son...

Very nice work.

I’m a beginner too, the Bargello is MUCH easier than it looks.

I haven't braved doing anything more complicated than stripes yet! Your Bargello looks beautiful, I love the pattern :-)

Unfinished but here’s my attempt

This batik stained glass type one is my favourite one of the few I have made. Not too complicated once I'd worked out what size I needed all the blocks to be.
Your bargello is looking great!

Not the best picture but this is my latest. It's my fifth quilt.

OMG! They are all amazing!

Robin (great name) I love the colours in yours but they are all fab.

They are lovely quilts.

CormoranStrike - I love bargello quilts and you have picked great colours.
tinofbeans - I really like the blanket for your son. It is simple and really effective.
RobinHumphries and AgathaRaisinsCat there is alot of work in those quilts.
BigStripeyBastard - that stained glass is really vibrant.

The vehicle quilt I made for my nephew and the other one is hanging in the playroom.
I love piecing quilts but I enjoy quilting even more,

These are wonderful.

I’ve just finished binding this.

Those are all AMAZING.

I've thought about learning. I already cross stitch and have thought about making the patterns into a big quilt.

But it looks hard!

I have just started to teaching myself. Made two small baby quilts so far. How do you get the swirly stitch patterns across the whole thing? I found that difficult enough with a baby size blanket to roll it up in the machine.

My local patchwork shop has a simply sixteen long arm machine you can hire and use on their premises - it’s amazing and so much fun to do.

The free motion quilting is perhaps my favourite bit! I just did a random meander, but their are patterns I could have followed if I wanted.

The long arm machine hire sounds like a brilliant set up.

I do all my quilting on my domestic brother sewing machine. I quilt very densely and I spend hours quilting.

Emeraldislegirl the quilt with all the trucks on is amazing! How did you do all the different vehicles?

I'm so impressed with these quilts. My favourite has to be @emeraldislegirl 's vehicle quilt all the words individually stitched and the detail of all the vehicles.

I had been looking at a video about making crazy quilts from Arne and Carlos the Scandinavian textile designers. I though their method might be something I could manage. They base their designs on fabric squares of an identical size, then sew scraps of fabric onto the squares, then join all the squares together.

This is a link to the video. I sense that theirs is a completely different approach to quilting and is probably more 'patchwork' - they are using old scraps of fabric rather than designing quilts with new fabric. I'd be interested to know what any quilters think of their method.