Has anyone made a biscuit quilt before?
 

My sister fell in love with a biscuit quilt that an elderly lady showed her the other day. She told me she wanted to make one and asked if I knew how. I know the concept. But, have never made one before. Do you use regular batting to stuff them with? Do you cut the top square bigger than the bottom one so that you allow room for the stuffing? If you've made one, do you have pictures? Please post here if you do. Thanks

I watch a youtube tutorial and the one i saw you stuffed it with something more like pillow stuffing. Googleimages will gve you a lot of pictures or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dtvrGPpA1Y

I made one. I used a tutorial off YouTube but I don't know the link- sorry! I used 5" charm squares and 4" muslin squares (if and that is a big if, I were ever to make another one, I would go with larger squares.). I bought a nice fiberfill at Joann's, cost a little more than the regular poly fil and has the word "Silk" or "Silky" in the name. I forgot about my biscuit quilt until I stumbled across it when we moved about 3 weeks ago. I threw it across our sectional and some of our furry brood have taken their turns laying on it!

Edited to add the YouTube link; I found it! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_dtvrGP...%3D_dtvrGPpA1Y This lady used really small squares for a wall hanging. The important thing to remember is your muslin square should be 1" smaller than your fabric square. It can be a very tedious, time consuming quilt but don't give up. The end result is worth it!!!!

I made one years ago after seeing a vintage silk one in a book on quilts. A sick boy had made it, sewing by hand to pass the time until he got well. There are probably tutorials online or, if you're lucky, in a book from the library.

As I recall, the top squares are cut larger than the bottom. My instructions had me taking a tuck in the middle of each side. After sewing 3 sides of the top and bottom together, the biscuit would be stuffed and the fourth seam sewn to close the biscuit.

One piece of advice. ***Understuff*** the biscuits! I stuffed each of mine too full and, after sewing all of the biscuits together, I had a hard, unattractive result. Also, overstuffing made the biscuits very difficult to sew together on the machine.

After sewing all the biscuits together (by hand or machine), you put a backing on the quilt to cover the seams, then tack in-between biscuits to hold the backing to the top. How often you tack depends on you.

I will say that the silk biscuit quilt in the library book was absolutely stunning! I also think this makes a better hand project than it does a sewing machine project, although I did use the sewing machine for it.

I made one for a double bed before I really started quilting, I bought a pattern Simplicity I think, it was during my divorce so it was good for keeping my mind off things, with mine you made it into stuffed blocks then put the blocks together, gets really heavy and hard to handle but I love it still (even though it's in the attic!)

I have one that my now 87 yr. old sweet Mother made about 50 years ago It is stuffed with nylon stockings!! She used a silky kind of fabric that is striped and it was a dress of hers back in the day!! Even the backing fabric is left over fancy curtain material she had. I also feels very heavy. I will post a picture of it as soon as I can. It has been kept in my hope chest all these years. I admire it but don't use it. I want it to keep.

I made one probably 40 years ago as a quilt to take to college...I can remember my dad helping me shopping for the fabric. I think it was the Simplicity pattern I used also. I kept it for a long time after college but eventually it had way too many washings and went to quilt heaven.

nygal - as the late, great Mary Ellen Hopkins use to say something like - get that favorite fabric out and use it. It would be a shame to have beautiful fabric that you never used because you were saving it. Who are you saving it for if you would get enjoyment from it?

My grandma made me a biscuit quilt for college in 1967. It was filled with nylon stockings and made with 2 equal sized pieces for the squares. The squares were machine sewn, filled, and then hand sewn shut. Squares were attached by hand, and there is no backing. It was made from scraps, but arranged in a Boston Commons pattern. It is twin size and extremely heavy and warm. Squares are about 4". I still have the quilt, but I wish I had my grandma.

i Made one years and years ago and stuffed it with nylon stockings, a lady in our parish won it and she said it would not stay on top of the bed. She has since passed so can not ask her how she liked it.