Big, small, or in-between - which type of quilter are you?
#42
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Oregon
Posts: 685
My unmarried DS is the only one in my family with a queen bed, everyone else has kings now. So I can freely make whatever I want inking size, then decide later who it will go to. I also like making couch quilts. I aim for around 60x90 but will go down to 80 long if it is for a woman and the pattern works better shorter. I love making baby quilts, but my kids aren’t ready yet, and I work in manufacturing, so no pregnant coworkers either. Someday. My daughters friends look forward to my baby quilts at least. I’ve made a few wall hangings. No one I know uses placemats either, to bad, they are fun too.
#43
I like to make what I call "couch quilts" - about 60 t0 70 inches wide and about 80 to 85 inches long.
Big enough to put on top of a bed for extra warmth, and large enough to cover up completely while on a couch - and small enough to be able to wrangle through my machine to quilt it.
Big enough to put on top of a bed for extra warmth, and large enough to cover up completely while on a couch - and small enough to be able to wrangle through my machine to quilt it.
#44
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Grass Lake, MI and Bradenton, FL
Posts: 785
I've made only 1 bed size quilt, but numerous throw quilts. I also made a long narrow "doorsize" quilt. I used to live in an old farmhouse, built in 1904, from 1984-2008. I made the quilt to hang over the unused front door to keep cold air out, as the house was very drafty. My husband died in 2007. I moved out of the house in 2008 and sold the house to my daughter, who had grown up there. Unfortunately the house burned down 3 weeks ago destroying nearly everything including throw quilts I had made for my daughter and her family. The door quilt however was not in the house as I brought it with me when I moved.
I am looking at it right now draped across the back of my couch. Because of its unusual size it's not useful for anything else, but it serves as a reminder of the old home we all loved.
I am looking at it right now draped across the back of my couch. Because of its unusual size it's not useful for anything else, but it serves as a reminder of the old home we all loved.
#45
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,416
Seems most of my quilts have been the oversize large ones lately. Picked up an extra bolt of batting because of that too. I rarely ever make wallhangings and if I have enough scraps I'll make an oversized lap quilt. But lately its been 100+ x 100+ quilts for me.
#46
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,830
I've made only 1 bed size quilt, but numerous throw quilts. I also made a long narrow "doorsize" quilt. I used to live in an old farmhouse, built in 1904, from 1984-2008. I made the quilt to hang over the unused front door to keep cold air out, as the house was very drafty. My husband died in 2007. I moved out of the house in 2008 and sold the house to my daughter, who had grown up there. Unfortunately the house burned down 3 weeks ago destroying nearly everything including throw quilts I had made for my daughter and her family. The door quilt however was not in the house as I brought it with me when I moved.
I am looking at it right now draped across the back of my couch. Because of its unusual size it's not useful for anything else, but it serves as a reminder of the old home we all loved.
I am looking at it right now draped across the back of my couch. Because of its unusual size it's not useful for anything else, but it serves as a reminder of the old home we all loved.
#47
I love them all. The smallest quilt I ever made is 12" sq, a blue and white pineapple I call Ocean Waves.
The largest is about 95" sq, a scrappy spiderweb I call I Spy-der.
I have made every size in between and mostly just build them up till I like the look. There is never a set size to anything I make.
The largest is about 95" sq, a scrappy spiderweb I call I Spy-der.
I have made every size in between and mostly just build them up till I like the look. There is never a set size to anything I make.
#48
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Northern California
Posts: 75
I've only made a couple of bed sized quilts and that was years ago. For a long time I just didn't have the space to make them. Now I have the space but not the inclination. I think because of space limitations in the past I feel most comfortable making wall quilts no wider than 4 feet. I do all of the quilting by hand so it takes forever to make a quilt even that size. I think I'd get too bored working on something bigger because it would take forever.
I do a lot of applique and started off making single squares of simple patterns until I felt comfortable doing larger pieces. Something 10 or 12 inches square is a great place to start and they can be quilted and bound to be hung on the wall. I made a few when I was in my teens and my mom framed them under glass. They still look great 40 years later.
I do a lot of applique and started off making single squares of simple patterns until I felt comfortable doing larger pieces. Something 10 or 12 inches square is a great place to start and they can be quilted and bound to be hung on the wall. I made a few when I was in my teens and my mom framed them under glass. They still look great 40 years later.
#49
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Vancouver Island, Beautiful BC
Posts: 2,090
I am a lap quilt sort of gal. Big enough to cuddle under, or sit on at the beach or a picnic, but not so big that it costs too much in time or materials.
I will be making 2 twin quilts for Refugees who will be arriving at my University next month. Yikes, I need to get cracking on those.
I will be making 2 twin quilts for Refugees who will be arriving at my University next month. Yikes, I need to get cracking on those.
#50
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Vancouver Island / Arizona
Posts: 458
I have just today sandwiched a quilt for a gift and now after reading this thread think that it is too small. It is 39" x 54". I envisioned it being put over someone while sitting or reclining on the couch. I have finished 1 quilt for me - a BOM throw, 48" x 64" and it feels too big. This quilt is only pinned, I could add another couple of inches, should I?
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