Links from this episode below! 👇 Grab the pattern and fabric Angela's using (select "digital pattern" for pattern only) --- craftsy.me/2uGvOCk Follow along with Angela's FREE machine quilting diagram --- craftsy.me/2wbYUJi Episode roundup: patterns, fabric & tips for border piecing --- craftsy.me/2uZmVz8 Check out Angela's classes --- craftsy.me/2wCrX98
I'm in love with this quilt .been looking for something for my bed in these colors for years .wish it was mine.guess I will have to make one.have to find fabrics
I just completed my very first quilt!!! A queen size quilt made with the pinwheel and fence rail pattern. I pieced, quilted it and added the binding. It was a patriotic quilt that I donated to be raffled to benefit the Shriners. My heart was torn to give it away. I put so much time and love into it and.....it was my very first completed quilt. But what better charity to donate it to than one that helps children. Now on to the next one.
This is a tough one to watch. Last week, I decided to make my mom a quilt. Our relationship is rather rocky, currently, more cliff-like. That I decided to follow through with it at all surprises me. Today as I was preparing and piecing, I felt hesitant and even resisted the idea of making her one. It's a lot of work for someone who treats you poorly. Then, I saw this episode and felt less resistance. I may have a lot to forgive her for, but I too recognize that she gave me life and kept me alive into adulthood. Perhaps each stitch will be a chance to forgive and love for me. Maybe someday, when she looks at the quilt, she might want that love and know it could be found. --Crying over the Midnight Quilt Show.
I understand your resistance--truly. My relationship with my mother was also cliff-like. My recommendation is to go ahead and make one for her, but make it a really simple one, one that won't be too hard to give away. I think you will be glad you did.
Did you ever think you would have fans binge watching you doing your late night quilting when you first started out? You are so fun Angela! I love this show!
I should have watched your video after work instead of before - now I want to stay home and sew! Last year I made a quilt for my friend who was retiring. I was going to make a small quilt, but it ended up being 90" x 90" with all the pieced borders. Didn't want to give it away, but it was too late to get another gift.... I'm so glad I did. She cried and said no one had ever given her such a wonderful gift (her life story would confirm that), and she told me just the other day she has slept under it every night. She is obviously very quilt worthy!
I watched this video today in a hospital room while my daughter slept. She had brain surgery yesterday to remove a tumor. ( The operation was a success!) Wrapping her up in the hospital bed, was a quilt that I made her a year ago. It was the first big quilt that I had attempted. Looking at the quilt, I see all of the imperfections. They don't matter. What matters is that this quilt is comforting her. Who knew that gift would be so important today!
I absolutely LOVE your Midnight Quilting Show! Being a full-time Wife and mother of 7 children does not give me a lot of Day-Time Sewing-Time so I'm up late a lot of nights sewing away. And I have learner So Much from your show and continue to learn new techniques, tips, and ideas each and every time I watch your videos! Thank you so much for making Sewing & Quilting so enjoyable!
Oh my gosh, i'm finishing a quilt my mother started for me about 16 years ago before she passed. These are the colors of my quilt. My Mom didn't get to finish it and she gave it to me and said I would have to finish it. She cut all the pieces by hand and sewed all the blocks but I had to buy the material for the strips to put it together. I am now free motion quilting it. I have never done this before and I have a lot to learn but I think it will turn out just fine. I'm glad I finally got the nerve to finish it. I also made my parents a quilt for their 50th anniversary. I hand quilted it and I now have it after they both passed. Thanks for all your great videos. They helped me finish my very special quilt.
I've never been to a quilting retreat, but I would have to bring my reading glasses,so when my eyes get tired I will still be able to see! I love your bag-what a great idea!
One other comment. I made 2 quilt tops in the 80's and then packed them away when cleaning up my fabric blob, my kids were small. Found them about 4 months ago and they are now completed. Never too late to finish a quilt!
I love this episode! And I love that you are making this for your mother. I hand pieced and hand quilted one for my mother in 1987. She had it on her bed until she passed away six years ago, and it came back to me. Now I keep it in my bedroom - it somehow makes me feel we still share something. Your mother will love yours..
My daughter has asked me (for ages) to make a blue/yellow quilt for her. This is a beauty. Thanks for always making your FUN videos as well as giving us great info.
Love the new season Angela. My guilty confession. I have had a start /stop adventure in learning to piece. I cut pieces for my first quilt planning to give it to my college friends' first child, hadn't finished sewing it by the time her son was born. Her first grandson will be born in September and I am not sure where the pieces are now. At least you finished yours!
I purchased this kit and can't wait to get started! Have to finish some UFO'S first so I can concentrate on only this one. Thank you for giving me the courage to try! I watch your videos over and over, just live them.
Hi Angela. Love your show. My confession is that I gave a quilt that I had made for my daughter to my...... dog.... haha yes it's true. My little dog always sat on my quilts when I was making them. I knew she wanted her own. Greetings from Australia!
My quilty confession: I was making a quilt for a friend, was almost done quilting it when I saw one of my piecing seams had come apart :( I slipstitched it as neatly as I could but it was glaringly obvious. I had no idea how to fix it so, once I got done with the quilting, I threaded a hand needle and decide to pick 8 or 9 other spots on the quilt to make short slipstitched rows over various seams that didn't need it. When I presented the quilt, I told her that she is such a free spirit so I decided to quilt her quilt in a new Bohemian style I read about. She loved it, hehe.
I'm a first time viewer and I LOVE your sense of humor, that you don't waste a lot of my time showing how to stitch a long straight line, your work is beautiful, and you sip on a glass of wine now and then. You made me wish I was your neighbor. I'll be checking out more of your videos - thanks!
Love your show. I think you should give both of them to your mother. She so................deserves them. But now you have to make quilts for your sisters. More midnight quilting!
My guilty confession: one of my first quilts was a hand appliqued sunbonnet sue sampler intended for my oldest daughter when she was a baby. I started hand quilting it, but have not completed it. Each of my grandchildren have received a baby quilt, but my daughter, who turns 35 this year, has yet to receive her quilt. Love your quilting, Angela.
Thanks, Angela, for the quilting tips and your piecing. It's nice to see a light hearted teacher, willing to laugh and have fun while doing the thing she loves.
I haven't been quilting long enough to have a quilty secret (unless you count watching hours of youtube videos). BUT, my new favorite quilty tool is my walking foot. After I watched this video, I decided to try it on the rail fence quilt I am piecing. When I started my machine, I am pretty sure I heard angelic background singing because, that little foot that always scared me..., well it made piecing those long strips an absolute DREAM! Thanks Angela! I always learn something new from you!
Angela, the cobalt blue and yellow are our Swedish flag colors, they are my favorites. I just love watching you. You're not only as cute as a bug in a rug, but you're witty, entertaining and a great quilter. You're quite the teacher. I wanted to finish off my quilt to my sweet daughter-in-love with something not so 'usual' and you've given me some great ideas. Thank you so much, I love watching and learning. Merry Christmas.
1. The BRAVADO of holding a glass of red wine over that beautiful quilt top! 2. I love the quilting, but I struggle with a large top on my home machine! But thank you for the design path, maybe that will help me, since I have only tried it the harder way of, the whole border at once. 3. I absolutely LOVE this quilt!
Great videos, very informative. I made a quilt for someone which I could not part with. It was only my 2nd quilt and I designed it. The first one was a beginner quilt which I gave to my daughter. My 3rd quilt was for my nephew's wedding quilt, which I did give to him at his bride to be wedding shower, for which I received a standing ovation of young women in their early 20's who loved the quilt...Made me feel really good. I am now finishing my nieces' wedding quilt, which I will give to her after I quilt it....I have two more nearly finished for my granddaughter, and another for my daughter. Two more I made which I have hanging in my house which I can't seem to part with either. Marti Michell pattern blocks of the month....Love your videos...
I just learned how to sew three weeks ago. I have been sewing face masks. 120 so far and I am addicted to sewing but I have no interest in making clothes. I found your channel and have been so inspired to start quilting. It feels like a perfect fit for my love of cutting fabric and sewing, so thank you. You are amazing
I was making a row by row quilt for my aunt out of farm fabric (because she liked chickens). When I spray basted it the back of the quilt was not flat. I couldn't un-baste it because the batting was very fragile. So I went ahead and quilted over all the wrinkles in the backing and used it as a practice quilt. My mom loved it and kept begging for it so I let her have it. She keeps it on her chair and uses it every day!
I used to get frustrated if I made a mistake, or the quilt wasn't really square and a friend told me (she taught me to quilt) that no one has ever said there was a mistake, or the quilt wasn't just right. They just say, - what a beautiful quilt. I finally discovered that although I know where every little mistake is (and I am right now picking out some quilting because it wasn't perfect) but not one person ever notices. My biggest fans are my two young grandsons (7 and 4). They always want a quilt (I take them in my sewing room and they pick whatever fabrics they want) and although their mother continually says no more, I tell her if they want one, they get one. The prerogative of grandmothers :) It makes me happy.
I have learned over time to be a relaxed quilter. My points are close and my quilting holds the sandwich together. Those are the parts that count. Soon I'll try scrappy improvisational quilting...nothing match and no plans! Thanks for your comment!
I absolutely love this quilt!!! And I love this show. It reminds me that we are to enjoy the journey (making the quilt) as much as the destination (the finished quilt)! Thanks so much for making these videos! They are a pleasure to watch and they’re also very motivating!!
Oh Miss Angela! I just tripped over this video, and so glad I did! You are so my people! I love, love,love this quilt! The blue & yellow are one of my favorite combinations. I know your Mom is going to love it! You will be back to #1 daughter, as I am. Thanks again!
You make me laugh so much, and laughter is good medicine!! I started my first quilt in 1991 for my then 4 year old son. Fast forward 21 years, lol, and I finally finished it, and gave it to him at 25 years of age🙊🙈.. and that's when my real love for quilting started!
You make machine quilting look so easy. I have purchased two of your books, practiced doodling... and I still have anxiety about quilting by machine. I really like your idea of choosing a small area to quilt and then proceed onto another area. That makes it less overwhelming and more approachable. THANK YOU ANGELA!!!
Have loved Midnight Quilter from Show One; but, this is the best yet! Gorgeous quilt and it's going on my to-do list. My quilty secret is: in 25 years of quilting I have never made from start to finish a pieced, bed-sized quilt for my daughter. She will get hers this Christmas!
The "Finally" quilt. A long, long time ago a young mother was just starting to quilt...... Alas there were several moves and life became busy with full time work, than full time work with a commute, along with single handedly raising two strong willed children :-O Knitting is taken up, caking is taken up, a few sewing projects squeezed in here and there. Whilst perusing in the bowels of the basement, rummaging through the corner of craft/fabric/? filled totes what does appear? Ohmigosh! She had totally forgotten about the 224 string quilt blocks that she had completed but never assembled (15 years prior)! What was to be done with all those wonderfully thoughtfully 3-6 string quilt blocks? Well, let me tell you since she FINALLY found them, she FINALLY pieced them together, she FINALLY sandwiched them together, she FINALLY hand tied (waaaay to many seams to quilt) and she FINALLY bound it. FINALY finished and FINALLY she kept it. The first project kept for herself after giving so many away. It just seemed right to her. I had so much fun remembering the fabrics I used, some from my children's clothes I had made and other quilting/sewing projects from the past. A real trip down memory lane. The discovery got me back on track with the joy of quilting/sewing. My children are grown and have provided me with grandchildren (who have quilts of their own ;0). And the Finally Quilt has been on my bed for 5 years. Thank you for the wonderful tutorials, I am enjoying each and every one.
Pretty much the same life experience for me, without the commuting, but three children. . . but I'm only just at the stage of finishing the top. I inherited my mother's 1957 top of the range Bernina this year when she died. I had it serviced and it is so beautiful. It brought back so many memories, as she taught me to sew and made all my clothes with it, as did sewing the quilt. . a kind of therapy for my grief think. I had to buy some "look alikes" as many fabrics had been cleared out over the years, but I had stored a good quantity of the originals to meld them in. No internet back then to help, but overall, I am pleased with it. A true scrap quilt, and even contains the fabric from a pregnancy dress I made of my first child, which was probably the last sewing I did. I too am looking forward to the next quilt. So many possibilities!
True confession...I promised my mother-in-law a new log cabin quilt for her bed. I bought the fabric but never made the quilt. She passed away three years ago. Yeah, I was a terrible DIL. I am not sure I will ever be able to make that quilt without feeling really, really bad. I appreciate your show and your fun approach to quilting. My daughter and I discuss your techniques frequently and remind each other constantly that 'finished is better than perfect' or as we say, 'finished is good enough'. Thank you, Angela, for bringing some fun back into my quilting world!
You make me feel so much better… My confession - or one of my confessions - was going to be that I started a quilt for my mother-in-law, and she died before I got it finished! In my defense, she was supposed to be helping me with it , then she started hedging about the colors… But I still feel terrible! I think I've decided to make it in two halves, as it was a rather large quilt, and I will give one to each of my daughters... soon as I can remember where it is again…
What a beautiful quilt!! My mom started a quilt for my younger brother when he was 10 years old....he is now almost 24 and she still hasn't finished! When she started it I think it was going to be a twin size and now I think he wants it to be queen size! I have been planning on making each of my girls a quilt from their baby clothes and they may not get their quilts until they are in high school! Hahaha, and I have so many quilt tops that I have yet to quilt! :) I love your videos, you crack me up!!
I love your sense of humor. I also hesitated to make my mother a quilt because she has a dog. I was not going to spend time and money on a fur collector. In the end, I made her two lovely wall quilts she loves. My dad is getting an awesome wall quilt too.
Love your quilts, tutorials and great sense of humor! My guilty quilt confession is that I love to watch sappy movies (listening and glancing at them really) while I'm quilting. I don't worry about spilling wine, but I worry about my mascara running! Even though I may shed a few tears, it's definitely my happy place!!!
Hi, Angela! I just want to say you just amaze me with your making a whole quilt in one night. I have been working on and off on a quilt for several months. But with lots of determination, I am almost done. I love your videos, so keep on making them. Have a blessed day or night should I say. What a beautiful quilt. I know your mom will love it!
Just discovered your videos. : ) Very motivating, helpful and entertaining!! Several years ago, I bought 2 of your free motion quilting books and loved them! They really gave me a boost in confidence. Interesting Mom story. I gave my mom the first quilt I ever made and, 30 years later, she was cleaning out stuff that she had saved and she gave it back to me!
I’m going through and watching all your old piecing quilt shows. I really wish you were still doing the piecing to give us tips on our piecing. I don’t have a machine big enough to quilting so I take them to someone else to quilt. I miss your tutorials so much. ❤️
Angela, I LOVE your tutorials! You are clear, show what you're doing, and explain! Plus you ARE funny! Totally my sense of humor too! Love the wine, love the times when you show what you do & we shouldn't (because I'm ALWAYS trying to futz my way out of uneven quilt situations!!), and just love your upbeat mood with realistic expectations! THANK YOU!!
Oh my goodness I just found this video! You are not only entertaining but you're very knowledgeable and not stingy with your knowledge. I am fairly new to quilting & always looking for inspiration, coaching, and a good Mentor. However everyone I have come across lives so far away from me. I clicked on notifications to be notified of all your videos thank you for being on here and for this video. I have tried free motion quilting but I can't quite get the hang of it yet.
I totally get you!! None of my girlfriends quilt, so I must look to the internet for inspiration/help. I started seriously quilting about 2 years ago (and still consider myself a beginner of sorts); do you have a fabric shop or sewing machine shop nearby? They often offer tons of classes (although I've never taken any because I'm too lazy)? Btw, Angela has her own channel on RU-vid where she talks about quilting, and it's full of great info on FMQ.
Angela has some great Craftsy classes, and there are other great teachers, too. Look for when they have a sale, and give one a try! And I don't work for Craftsy, I just have spent way too much money on classes, so I know about them.
I really like the Midnight Quilt Show. I appreciate your humor too! I would have liked to see the "how to" on the blocks. The borders colors are so fun with each color! I can't wait to see more of your show this season!!
Your hap-hazard quilting is brilliant! Your glass of red wine sitting on the quilt had me thinking about my very first quilt I ever made. My husband was eating buffalo chicken wings across the table from me and, you guessed it, one of those wings took flight. I can still see that orange stain on my pale green quilt just like it was yesterday. I know this isn't a guilt trip story but you brought back an amazingly funny memory!
Another fun blue & yellow quilt that could be adapted to so many others. I can see it in a child's fabric, smaller of course. I love the way you keep your border quilting ideas simple but effective. Judy Bailey
I love your shows. They are so full of information you just have to watch over and over. I really like that you pick so many different types of quilt to make. Its the real life attitude, the fixes, the cheats that make it so entertaining and useful. I also saw a post that asked how you baste. I would also like to see an episode on this. Thanks again.
better thing than making a quilt is to watching you Angela how you do it while I am in train between Balgrade to Budapest 😂 you make my trip faster ,tnx 👍go girl, we waiting for new videos and ideas :) grettings from Serbia :D
To prevent waviness/fullness in my borders, I sew them from the center outward. Sew half, then flip the quilt and do the other half. This works really well for me.
A couple of months ago I bought this kit to make a quilt for my Mom. I was surprised to see Angela get the same one for her Mom! I guess I have a good taste too!
my goodness so many comments, I'll have to take some time to read them. However, to my comment. I'm glad u took the oppo to show us how u work ur way around those borders & of course the quilt. U've talked about this so many times (that I've seen) but u've never demo'd it like u did tonite. To me this was the most interesting part (other than just watching u that is) of this particular segment, but I love them all & really look forward to Wednesdays so I can see the next 1. Love the show, love ur quilting....tks much.....
I have never related to you more, than I have during this video. From your "Quilting confession" (yes, I have the same one), to the "stretchy-stretch" (I thought I was the only one who did that!), I kept finding myself saying, "Omg! I do that, too!!!". Funny content, beautiful quilt, great video. 👍🏻❤️
I absolutely love that you show your "imperfections". It makes me feel better about mine, which are MANY more than yours! Your quilts always turn out beautifully!!! Thanks for sharing!! And yes, your jokes are funny! 😊
'I think you can sew over these clips but I'm gonna go ahead and just remove that one'. I laughed til I nearly cried, you are so naturally entertaining, I love your videos
Love your tutorials. Great sense of humor makes it 'seam' not as difficult as it really is...come on...it is not that easy or everyone would be doing it! By the by, who does your videography and editing...they deserve some kudos. Very entertaining and well put together. Keep up the midnight oil, from one drowsy quilter to another.
Angela you are wonderful. You have an energy and manner that is truly amazing. You make me happy, laugh and glad that I am a sewer. You have also helped me to relax during my own quilting process. I am looking forward to quilting a top on my home machine. Thank you for doing these shows. (I think your wine is great--tells me to lighten up a bit.)
I also do the stretchy-stretch. Not all the time, but still, more often than I should. Also I didn't put labels on the quilts I made. But my biggest confession is that I didn't finish a quilt for my mom because I didn't think I could make it perfect. I didn't think it would be good enough. That's right about the time I found your videos and decided you were absolutely right that a finished quilt is better than a perfect quilt top. So now I don't have any problem giving away my finished quilts!
My quilting confession..... I have made a ton of tops but I have not taken the time to quilt any of them! I need to take the plunge and just go for it! Several of them are xmas gifts so I better get my butt in gear! As always, love watching your videos. Your humor keeps me engaged! Keep Crafting :)
I love your show! I have kept several quilts because I didn't think that they would really appreciate the quilt and all od my work. Then as time has gone on I have rethought my decision and gave it to them at a later date! Glad I did.
I can't believe I am admitting this in public but I haven't finished any of my kid's wedding quilts...they've been married: 14 yrs, 8 yrs, and 3 mos. But you inspire me so hope springs eternal! My kids have the joke that maybe their marriages are still lasting because I haven't finished the quilts.............sob...........hehe Hugs, Deb Ps-GREAT job with your mom's quilt hon!
So nice to see you back Angela Ive missed your Midnight Quilting Show. Love your quilt for your Mum, the blue and yellow is very cheerful and happy quilt. Thanks for showing us the fun borders. Cooee from Oz :)
Maybe I’m too tired, but I almost spit out my wine when you said, “i know those choices are out there because the quilt is yellow and blue.” Please please please - More Midnight Quilt Show!! Love ya, Angela!
Love love love this quilt! I'm not at all comfortable with machine quilting and your diagrams have been so helpful! I also had a quilt as a gift for someone and loved it so much I couldn't give it away. She got candles and wine instead! Not a bad substitute, she loved it and I kept my treasure. A few months later she adopted 2 dogs, so I think some quilting angel spoke to me...save me save me!! :)
Angela, I'm 13 & live two miles away from your shop. Ever since I saw it, I've been begging my mom to take me. I've never quilted and frankly know next to nothing about it. My mom caved in and is taking me next week to the square when she gets off work. I'll buy some fabric and materials and hopefully begin my quilting journey! I was wondering if you could make another video for absolute beginners like me. I don't have any idea about how to do anything other than half square triangles! :) Thanks.
Sasha Fowler that is so awesome!! I began quilting as a teenager, long before RU-vid could show you everything you want to know. There are so many awesome quilters giving tutorials. I urge you to check out all of Angela's channels .. because she is awesome. Also the Missouri star quilt company, and man sewing with Rob Appell is just fantastic. Simply search quilting and bounce around until you find what you are looking for. Buy a great ruler, cutting mat and rotary cutter (if mom approves), great scissors, pins, and a cheap machine. Those are the basic things you need. Good luck!!
Sasha Fowler I became a sewist and quilter at a young age as well and am in my 50s now and still going. Follow through on your dreams. It's your dreams that make and keep you happy through your life.
Thanks Dory! :) I began crocheting and knitting two years ago and absolutely love it. I personally find it weird that not that many people my age even know what crochet is. It makes me to happy to see people like you who kept through with their hobbies.
Your mom will love this gorgeous quilt. I also have a 4 bedroom home. When I lost my mother I was able to turn her bedroom into my quilting room. I am also waiting for my kids to leave so that I can expand my sewing room. They are old enough so I might just have to kick them out. lol
You have answered a question for me by working this pattern. I purchased this fabric set a year ago and could not figure out how to piece it. Thank you, thank you....now I can make another beautiful quilt. You are the best!
Yep. I still have a baby quilt I made for a friend that never got to her because I just love it and spent a lot of time on it. However, I did make another quilt to give her and yes, we are still friends. Kinda. Oh well. Love both you're yellow and blue quilts.
I love doing pieced borders! Sure, it takes more time but the end result is so worth it! Then, of course, I want to keep the quilt! Love the tutorials, Angela. Love your personality!
My mother died 8 years ago and after my sister took her jewelry, I was allowed to have her fabric and sewing bins. I have started to look in the bins this month. I found fabric and panels for at least 6 quilt projects. I found her first quilted block (wheel pattern) and an applique flower block in the same fabric. Right now I want to expand those two squares with borders to make two small quilts or wall hangings.. I am so obsessed with planning how to use the small amount of matching fabric she left, to make it look great, I am afraid I will forget other things I need to do. Like, eat or bathe. These are old prints that I have had a hard time matching with anything similar. But I am making progress. Jesus is actually helping me. I am not experienced at quilting, so I am thrilled to watch people do quilting on RU-vid! Thank you for your video. And I was thinking who should get these quilts. I don't want to give them to anyone! I laughed when you said you did not give that early quilt to your mother. I agree that many people would not appreciate a quilt as they should.