Hand Quilting Video Part 4 of 4 [Fun Projects to Hand Quilt]

I have a few fun projects to share with all of you in part 4 of our 4 part hand quilting video series.  You can see a little sneak peek above of a project you can dive into to try out your newly acquired hand quilting skills.  Plus, I’m sharing several other projects you can hand quilt if you’d like.

You can watch the last video of this series over on my YouTube channel.   In the video, I share about all of the projects in this blog post.

First up, let’s talk more about the Grandmother’s Flower Garden Table Topper project.  This is such a great project on which to practice your hand quilting.

This table topper is made using the cheater fabric from Buttercup & Slate.  Simply cut the top/batting/backing fabrics, make a quilt sandwich and start quilting.

What you’ll need for the table topper project:

2/3 yard Grandmother’s Flower Garden fabric from the Buttercup & Slate Fabric line (29150-11)

23″-24″ square piece of batting

23″-24″ square piece of backing (29151-17 from Buttercup & Slate)

1/4 yard binding fabric (29157-17 from Buttercup & Slate)

Aurifil 12 weight thread in the color 5013

How to make the Table Topper Project:

1. Fussy cut a 21″ square piece of the Grandmother’s Flower Garden fabric

2. Mark the table topper for hand quilting.  I marked 1/4″ around and inside each flower motif using my favorite marking tool, a Dritz Mark-B-Gone blue marker (#676-60).

3. Make a quilt sandwich using the top, batting, backing.  I always use Odif 505 temporary fabric spray adhesive for basting small projects.

4.  Hand quilt the project.  Re-locate curious kitties when they startle you with a sudden pounce to investigate the moving thread. =)

5.  After the hand quilting is complete, trim the project to 20 1/2″ square.

6.  Bind the table topper.

Optional:  Allow other curious kitty to examine your completed project. =)

If you need any help with binding, I have a machine binding tutorial on my YouTube channel here.  If you missed parts of the hand quilting series and you are wondering about hand quilting technique or supplies, you can find those videos here.  Additionally, the first 3 blog posts for this series were shared here, here, and here.

I’ve also rounded up a few more projects that I’ve shared over the years.  These projects are all great ones for hand quilting.

Patchwork Pillow made using Pepper & Flax

I’ve made so many simple, patchwork pillows I think I’ve lost count of all of them!  A number of years ago, I shared a tutorial for making a pillow like the one in the photo above.  You can find that tutorial here.  And for those of you wondering about how Pepper & Flax mixes with Buttercup & Slate, here’s a photo of the two together:

Pepper & Flax pillow/Buttercup & Slate Table Topper

I also shared a fun tutorial for a hand quilted pillow made using mini charms over on Moda Bake shop a number of years ago.  It’s such a fun one!…and I bet you have mini charms on hand.  I know I do!

Scattered Squares Pillow

You’ll find the Scattered Squares pillow tutorial here.  If you love mini charm projects, I have a couple different patterns in my Etsy shop that work great for hand quilting.  Up first, Mini Neighborhood:

Mini Neighborhood mini quilt

I really want to use this Mini Neighborhood pattern to make a larger quilt.  Each block of 16 houses would be made using a different one of my fabric collections.  I think that would be such a pretty trip down memory lane!  You can find the mini Neighborhood pattern in my Etsy shop here.

If you are a fan of mini charm projects, a pillow pattern I have in my shop is Joyful.  It includes instructions for three different pillows:

The Joyful pattern is available here.  Note:  This pattern has almost sold out in the Paper/Mailable version.  Once it sells out, it will only be available in the PDF format.

If you are ready to tackle a larger project, I designed Dappled specifically to show off hand quilting.

Dappled Quilt

The Dappled quilt pattern is available as a PDF pattern in my shop here.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed this series on hand quilting and that maybe it’s encouraged you to try a bit of hand quilting.  Maybe you aren’t ready yet to tackle a large project but maybe adding just a bit of hand quilting to a small project might be just the thing.

See you next time! Corey