Penny Richards' photos with the keyword: quilting

Made another small quilt, this one for a cousin; she requested "something colorful". Some of the fabric and thread is from our shared ancestral stash, including the vintage 70s print border. I bought nothing for this quilt; even the batting was free, from a neighbor via BuyNothing.

I made a string quilt--that's when you use strips of fabric, in this case mostly diagonally, to create the blocks that become the quilt top. I didn't buy any fabric for this one, it's all scraps in my house, many of them from neighbors, some from my own sewing projects or clothing. At least some of the thread is from my grandmother's stash. The blocks were machine sewn, most of the rest is hand-sewn, and there's some embroidery too, here and there. (The center square is gold fabric with spiral embroidery.) I really enjoyed making this one.

A birthday gift for a young friend; all fabrics from my stash, most of them scraps from a neighbor, via Buy Nothing.

This is the fifth quilt I have ever made. A neighbor gave me all the front fabric here--and most of the squares were already cut, which was a nice bonus. The backing fabric was from a rescued bolt of old bridal material; that also came to me for free.

Made another smallish quilt, probably for gifting; shades of Turquoise, fabrics mostly from a neighbor's scraps, some of our discarded clothes, and one vintage sheet I bout around 2010. Handsewing with thread from my grandmother's stash.

It's not perfect, it's not big, but it's my first quilt and I like how it turned out. All the fabric was already in my house; most of it was from a bag of scraps a neighbor gave me. All prints feature animals.

It's not perfect, it's not big, but it's my first quilt and I like how it turned out. All the fabric was already in my house; most of it was from a bag of scraps a neighbor gave me. All prints feature animals.