Wholecloth quilts

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:

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

Wholecloth Quilts

An easy how-to guide to making a wholecloth quilt without a pattern, playing with your threads to make a plaid pattern with the quilting.

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…

I made a wholecloth quilt! Well, as close to one as possible with quilting yardage. Grab this free wholecloth quilt pattern on the blog.

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During the course of getting ready for next week's engagement, I've managed to get LOTS done on my computer and at my sewing machine. One o...

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

Many of you weren't around for the early days of Penelope Handmade, but I started out making wholecloth baby quilts with a coordinating children's book. I truly can't describe how delightful this was. I had a friend who came over each week to eat dinner and just jump into whatever we had going on (a gift of gifts!!!), and she also happened to be an elementary school teacher. Our shared love of children's books ran *deep* and I can't count the hours we spent searching for fabrics to go with…

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…

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

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

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 ...

In this new showcase I present you Marla Varner, Paola Machetta, Irina Malyukova and Iva Steiner enjoy their stories and amazing quilts.

(Please note that affiliate links are included in this post.) I am not an expert on sewing with gauze. I don’t understand the weave of the gauze or what gives it the texture it has. I have se…

I've been mulling over an idea about doing a colourful wholecloth using the walking foot quilting technique I learned from Heather Lair, which I've decided to start calling Lair Quilting. I first used