grammypatty7

One of the ladies recently shared her puff quilt and asked to see a photo and template of my biscuit quilts so here they are. The white one is a queen size that is about 2 inches too narrow for our deep mattress but it fits our guest room bed perfectly. Originally I found the idea and hexagon template in a magazine way back when. The date on the queen quilt is 1987-1990 but it sure seemed like I was sewing those little biscuits for a long time. The throw is made up biscuits leftover from the queen quilt. As a hand quilter, I prefer to use polyester batting and back then was using high loft as we had cold winters in IL. A few years ago I switched to low loft and it works just fine too. The reason I switched was my husband had a thyroid issue and the weight of my quilts really bothered his legs. Not it's no longer an issue but I found that I like working with the low loft batting and they are nice and warm as well.

I used scraps for the throw quilt.
1. using the template, you trace and cut each piece of fabric and and batting adding 1/4 inch seam line to each.
2. Sandwich with fabric right sides together and batting on top or bottom, however you prefer - yes I did sew the batting into the seams.
3. Sew the sides but leave one side open to turn the piece right side out and then hand sew that end closed.
4. I stored them in a laundry basket until I had enough to work with and then I put them together.
5. In the meantime, I was working on another queen sized quilt.
Patty