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DonnaB 02-21-2011 06:23 PM

My lovely DH reminded me the other day, that I have over 36 completed quilts/wall hangings in our home. Am I in the norm, or is that too many. So, how many do you have, that are displayed or used on a bed or couch?

JulieR 02-21-2011 06:25 PM

I have none. It's very bad. As soon as they're done they just flow through my hands like water.

I wish I had kept some!

Butterflyblue 02-21-2011 06:27 PM

I only have two of my own quilts. One is the first quilt I made, which is a couch throw, and the other is a twin size quilt on my daughter's bed (so I guess it is hers and not mine, but its in the house). I also have a table topper that I made myself.

Edited to add: I forgot about a little 12" by 12" quilt I've got hanging on my bedroom wall, too.

patchsamkim 02-21-2011 06:30 PM

Larger quilts I only have 2, but twins and laps I probably have over 12, and then I have wallhangings for every season. I change them seasonally. I have many tops waiting to be quilted too.

sueisallaboutquilts 02-21-2011 06:32 PM

This is embarrassing but I probably have almost 200- a lot of them are antiques, many I've made also. I rotate them so I can enjoy them w/o being buried alive!!! lol

jaciqltznok 02-21-2011 06:32 PM

I have about that..but most of mine are collected vintage ones..everything I make seems to leave before I can admire it being finished!
I do have small pieces like table toppers, runners, wall hangings, but only 4 quilts out of 40+ in this house are mine that I made...and two of those are my boys!

tuesy 02-21-2011 06:34 PM

I'd say maybe 25 or so if we're counting wall hangings.

suezquilts 02-21-2011 06:38 PM

Not a fair question.. I just stored 6 on batting rolls, they are queen size.
at least near 30, not counting all my table runners and such.

littlehud 02-21-2011 06:39 PM

I have about 20 here. Didn't realize that til I started adding them up.

Jim's Gem 02-21-2011 06:40 PM

About 18 - 20.

emc1118 02-21-2011 06:46 PM

The first quilt I made, a signature quilt for my mom's 80th birthday, and an ufo sampler. Not many for the number of years I've been quilting. They all go out the door.......

sueisallaboutquilts 02-21-2011 06:48 PM

Good thing she didn't ask how many fabrics we have lol

Vicki W 02-21-2011 06:50 PM

oohhh, yall make me feel good and that I am not alone. I have somewhere between 20-30.

MaryStoaks 02-21-2011 07:07 PM

I have 20 to 30 too. About 10 I made with vintage tops found at thrift stores, antique stores and ebay. I love the old tops and keep the finished quilts. Whenever one of my 6 kids comes to visit I send quilts home with them.

jaciqltznok 02-21-2011 07:08 PM


Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Good thing she didn't ask how many fabrics we have lol

we all know not to go there!

pvquilter 02-21-2011 07:10 PM

Can't begin to count.I used to give everything away. Now I am keeping things for my self and give to my family.

JulieR 02-21-2011 07:10 PM


Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Good thing she didn't ask how many fabrics we have lol

we all know not to go there!

Haha!

sewTinker 02-21-2011 07:12 PM

one that I've made (Their Completed life with me is Short). And about eight vintage/antiquey that I've collected.

PolkaBabe 02-21-2011 07:38 PM

Loved reading the responses to the question. My list is small but I feel interesting....
1. An old star one that I am not sure is my mother made it or if one of my grandma's did, however it is falling apart & packed away.
2. The last one my mother had quilted Friendship Plume it is over 55 years old.
3. Robbing Peter to Pay Paul made my my mother before she passed away in 1973, not used much.
4. Grandma's Flower Garden made all my hand my mothers mother's sister, top only. Having to replace some of the small pieces that had moth holes in it.
5. A table runner that a friend made as a gift for me.
6. A couple little doll blankets that I made as a little girl(I started sewing at the age of 5)
7. A crib blanket I embroidered, pieced & machined quilted, again as a little girl.

Just finished appliqueing an Hawaiian Breadfruit Leaf motif on a small block & hand quilted. Needs a border. A larger one basted called Sweetheart, again Hawaiian motif.

Thats it --- but have lotssssss of ideas from the quilting board. Thank You I do enjoy looking here.

fabric_fancy 02-21-2011 07:52 PM

i have 3 quilts and i've been quilting for over 10 years. i either sell them or there gifts.

i don't really have time to make a quilt for myself.

Dina 02-21-2011 07:58 PM

I have been quilting a year and have made 15 quilts. I still have 13 of them, and three are out at a time. Quilts are just too much work to give away, I think. I did give one to a charity auction, and I made one for my sister-in-law, but I don't think she appreciated it. Sort of soured me on making any for anyone else, I'm afraid.

irishrose 02-21-2011 08:35 PM

The two my grandmother made for me completely by hand. One is threadbare, but the G'ma's Flower Garden is in good shape.

cjomomma 02-21-2011 08:52 PM

I have about 10 that I made. Not sure how many I have that my DGM made.

Sandee 02-21-2011 09:35 PM

Made about 60 & have at least 30. Some are very worn out & my furgrandbabies use them. When they get really bad, my husband takes them out to his garage to cover his car. It took me years to make any improvements in my "techniques?"--it took finding this board & all of the tips, etc, I found here :) :) :) I was a beginner for YEARS- now I am an advanced beginner----THANKS ALL!!!

pookie ookie 02-21-2011 09:35 PM

I don't know but would like more!

thequilterslink 02-21-2011 10:01 PM

Hmmmmmmmm, well from where i am sitting i can see 12, 2 full size, rest are lap size and wall ones, lots more upstairs in the bedrooms and on the wall going up. Probably 35-40

nellebelles 02-22-2011 12:50 AM

I have probably about 15 quilts in my home. Unless, of course, you count WIP's and UFO's... :oops:

sak658 02-22-2011 01:32 AM

At least 50, maybe more. Was mostly my mom's, and sister's. They both are gone now, so I got them all. Only a few I have made. But I love them all..And I miss them both more everyday, but their quilts are great memories that I hold dear...

mcdaniel023 02-22-2011 03:07 AM

I have about 20. Most are from my grandmother in law. I have a baby quilt my great grandmother made for my dad. I only have 7 that I made.

lynnsv 02-22-2011 03:33 AM

I have at least 100-all sizes. Not to mention the ones I've given away. I take a picture of every quilt I make and keep them in a album!

odysseyquilter 02-22-2011 04:33 AM

I have two wallhangings and three bed quilts that are "out" to be enjoyed, but I probably have 30-40 waiting for homes or keeping because I can't bear to part with them. My very first project is a wallhanging that is above my headboard as a reminder of how far I have come since 2001. One of the best things I have ever done for myself was to take the adult-ed quilting class. Found my passion and a group of the best friends ever, as we meet every week for our stitch n bitch group and have also created a little guild which meets once a month to create donation quilts.

BabyCakes 02-22-2011 05:11 AM

No you're just fine. Tell your husband that my sister-in-laws walls in her home are held up with my quilts.

supergma 02-22-2011 05:23 AM

I have only one that I made, 3 that my Mom made (one for me and 2 for DH), and a wall hanging of a Louisiana Blue Crane that my DGD made for my birthday. It is special because she made it and I was raised on the coast and love the old Blues. All my quilts were made for gifts to family.

Tussymussy 02-22-2011 05:25 AM

I only have 2 of my quilts here. Probably because my output is slow as I do everything by hand, but also because I usually make my quilts as gifts.

Fabaddict 02-22-2011 05:27 AM

upstairs I have 21 either on the beds, couches or displayed
and 18 downstairs on display

Quilting Pastor 02-22-2011 06:17 AM

about 10 completed and about 10 in various stages towards completion. most given away as gifts.

Deborah12687 02-22-2011 06:55 AM

I have made eight finished quilts so far for my family and making a over sized queen for my bed.

Annaquilts 02-22-2011 06:56 AM

Probably close to what you have. Only one is a wall hanging. I have 14 children so most quilts are in use.

Dae Kuczma 02-22-2011 07:16 AM

I only have three.........none made by me but that is going to change now!!!!

newbee 02-22-2011 07:21 AM

I have none--I give all of my quilts away. There is only one wallhanging that I made that I wished I had kept--but the friend I gave it to loves it, so that's OK. I still have the pattern so I may make another one someday. I do put pictures of all of my quilts in a scrapbook with the story behind the quilts. So at least I have a good reminder of what I have made!


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