Combining quilt tops
09-09-2019, 09:18 AM
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9,300
Not only is it okay, it's pretty cool and efficient. Two quilts in one. Reversible for the mood or season. Half the storage space required. If I were doing it, I would try to make the colors coordinate so the effect isn't jarring or aesthetically chaotic when the quilt is lying in a clump or some is showing when folded. But that's me. Just think about the quilting and if it'll work for both sides. Ditto the thread.
09-10-2019, 02:54 PM
#16
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SoCal
Posts: 1,859
Originally Posted by crowley7
Is it okay to combine quilt tops of different designs? I have about 100 quilt tops done that are approximately the same size and wondered if it will be okay to combine them.Thank You
Afterall they are Your Quilts.. Your Choice Go for it..
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 09-10-2019 at 03:29 PM. Reason: shouting/all caps
09-11-2019, 07:11 AM
#17
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: SW Washington USA
Posts: 4,397
I've been making reversible quilts for 20+ years, even when I was hand quilting. I'm at base a really practical person.
half the cost of batting, half the cost of quilting, half the storage space, no added expense for backings.
half the cost of batting, half the cost of quilting, half the storage space, no added expense for backings.
09-11-2019, 10:38 AM
#18
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
Posts: 6,067
As I'm looking at my fabrics, I have two fabrics that I love. Technically the colors work together but style-wise they don't at all. So I've been thinking of doing a Day/Night quilt. The yellow background sunny flowers for the day side, the blue sky for the night side.
We've talked recently here on the forums about making binding where you have a seam at the top so you can have two colors (one for each side) of the binding. I've done that before so the look is completely different on both sides of the quilt. Or, with me I'm more likely to reverse it so the red side (or whatever) of the binding is on the blue side of the quilt and vice versa.
Here's a tutorial that NativeTexan linked in a thread about two color bindings:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Two...Quilt-Binding/
We've talked recently here on the forums about making binding where you have a seam at the top so you can have two colors (one for each side) of the binding. I've done that before so the look is completely different on both sides of the quilt. Or, with me I'm more likely to reverse it so the red side (or whatever) of the binding is on the blue side of the quilt and vice versa.
Here's a tutorial that NativeTexan linked in a thread about two color bindings:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Two...Quilt-Binding/
07-18-2020, 03:23 PM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,397
Originally Posted by crowley7
Thank you for your replies. Is it also ok to make a lap top quilt larger by putting 2 tops side by side?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
