Okay, so full disclosure here--I am 71 years old and very rarely watch an entire video of this type, but you are hilarious and so full of life I just couldn't stop watching. Bravo to you for diving in to the deep end right off with your quilting adventure. I have been sewing since I was 14 years old and can tell you there have been a great many lovely crafting/sewing experiences that have made my life fulfilled and grateful so keep it up young lady and keep dreaming big, you are definitely talented and very entertaining. 😃💗
Totally agree. I am 86 and sewing with my grandmothers since a child. Miss Carly B is a refreshing gust of wind. Miss having that energy. 🙂 Keep going.
67 year old Grammy here!! This video appeared in my feed and I'm delighted!!! As a novice quilter, I can't wait till the grand-babies want to play with fabric!!!!
I marvel at your „audacity“ to attempt making a handquilted queen sized patchwork quilt in less than a week as your first quilt. Congrats on the finished project. You are an inspiration.
I make "traditional" sort of quilt blocks, with precise measurements, painstaking quarter-inch seams, and lots of planning. This chaotic business actually made my pulse race with fear and excitement. It's like learning a language, then someone walks in speaking a fancy new version of that language that you somehow understand.
Exceedingly well said!! Lol! I'm the same type of quilter, but modern. Watching Carly just throw caution to the wind and dive in head first was inspirational yet also made me very nervous! But I may just have to try something like this with the 9000 lbs of scraps I have!
Bed sheets make a fantastic backing and no seam is needed 🥰 Also, you can tack a piece of fleece to a wall and your pieces will naturally “stick” to it so you can move them around while you find what feels right. Fantastic first quilt girl! I love making mine wonky and unique and full of personality! ❤
Darling Carly! I do not cut my binding on the bias because I am not a rule follower, and I think it is not that necessary. The reason the binding is connected on an angle has to do with bulky seams, it cuts down on bumpiness and helps the quilt lay flatter and hang better. Here again, I am not a rule follower and don't always do things the supposed "correct" way. I love that you are not concerned with perfectly straight edges, a lot of that strictness takes the fun out of the activity for me so I tend to IGNORE lots of rules. Have fun, number one priority when quilting for me. 💖
That was fun to watch! Straight-on-the-grain binding has only ONE thread along the whole edge of each side of the quilt. That is fine for wall hangings or items that won’t be handled or washed often. Bias binding has what, 50, 100, threads every INCH along the edge, so will endure years of love, handling and washing before the edges start to fray.
aw thank you for watching!!! THIS IS SO INFORMATIVE!!! I had to sit my boyfriend down & explain this concept to him because it needed to be immediately reshared hahahah!! Thank you!
@@fromcarlyb Also continue to fold your binding over double if you plan to actually use your quilt (fabric strip is usually cut 2.5" wide but 3" is fine too). That way, the binding will last longer. You know those old quilts you see that are frayed and/or thread-bare along the edge? That's bc they only folded their binding strip over once and then the quilt was well loved. You did your binding and the whole darn quilt perfectly! Love it!
Friends forever, spare granny from Texas! I’m putting together a crocheted quilt. My close friend passed away three years ago, and her hubby gave me all her favorite yarns and 31 crocheted granny squares. I’m bordering them and crocheting them now. A huge job, but a true labor of love. That he trusted me with the job was huge! Plus I’m also using five different sock yarns to crochet a vest in stripes (all different variegated colours of purple. So gorgeous. I’ve got soooo many projects in the works. Love your channel.
I'm a quilter and all my quilts are warped. I like the look of it too. My work has always been heavily inspired by folk quilting where practicality is the primary goal with beauty as a more secondary goal that's determined by your stash. I try to do a lot of working from stash because of that. It creates an interesting look when you don't allow yourself to buy much, just like you did here. Also, about quilt binding: bias binding stretches better to fit, so it can be good if you're rounding the corners of your quilt or something like that. It's not strictly necessary though, and kind of a pain, so people often skip it for scrappy bindings and things. The diagonal seam comes, in part, from the bias cut and in part from the need to reduce bulk when you're binding. If you use a straight across seam there, you get little seamed areas with a lot of bulk in one place, where if you use a diagonal seam it spreads that bulk out and makes it less noticable. Also, you can do what's called a self-binding, which is where you make sure that your backing is long enough to fold over the front on all sides, and you just stitch it down that way. It makes for a lot simpler process and is used a lot in older quilts that were made for speed/practicality, and in beginner's quilts because it's so simple. I like a contrasting binding personally, bc color appeals to me but self-binding is awesome and I use it too.
oh that's so encouraging!!! it's such a sweet human touch hey... i love that concept - i will have to look at more folk quilts! also thank you for all of your wisdom & education in this comment. i appreciate it so much!!! the self binding is SO SMART & I'll simply have to try it next time. LOVE IT!! Take care friend & thank you for taking the time to write all of that!
Next time you do binding, just keep the back longer and fold it over! I saw Rosery Apparel do her quilt that way and I JUST finished a quilt like that and it was brilliant! Also, you join on the diagonal just to reduce bulk! Thats it 😊 love your quilt. Its perfectly chaotic and beautiful.
Ooooh I will definitely check out that video to understand more!! Thank you for the recommendation! CONGRATULATIONS on your finished quilt!!! What a feeling hey! Also - that makes SO much sense. I can rest easily now hahahahah (also thank you!!! it is so chaotic and fun feeling)
Absolutely LOVE your quilt! I love your chaotic attack at quilt making, which is 100% opposite of the old school, old lady versions (fiy, I AM a old lady 😉). I am 60 yrs. old, my mother & grandmother made lovely, wonderful quilts, but the thought of sitting there hand stitching for hours on end like they did, makes me wanna hurt someone. LOL I have just this past year gotten into quilting, and I've been doing several of the different quilt as you go methods, 10/10 recommend. I am now working on putting together a bunch of patches my mother & grandmother had cut out at some point in their lives. I pulled the hand me down bag from my closet, and almost cried thinking of those two cutting so many tiny squares. 😢 Sooooo, over the next month, or so, I will be putting together tiny squares forming bigger squares until I have a quilt top. I wish I had space to have one of the old timey drop from the ceiling quilting frames like my mother & grandmother had, even if it meant me hand quilting, which I hate, but it would transport me back to my childhood, and sitting under their quilt playing, while they quilted it. ❤ Fyi, I stumbled upon your channel, because I was looking up patchwork, and very glad I found you. ❤
❤ I’m 74, just last year started trying my hand at piecing/quilting small items. My M-I-L had the old hanging quilting frame, loved watching her quilt!
Me when I watch your content: spectacular, give me a million more. Your quilt turned out awesome! I'm working on hemming pants (boring). Exciting projects in the future. On a side note though, I hope you're okay. I know you were really hype about the place you had in your last video, and I hope the fancy towels found a place in your life. Please remember; your life is important and beautiful, you're not just a content creator. I hope you're taking care of yourself. Have a great rest of your month!
hahahaha I LOVE THAT so sweet Also thank you! I hope your pants hemming went well. I appreciate your kindness so much by the way - for noticing the move! I just missed my old room & my family too much! I'm doing well thought & my towels are being cherished still. Thank you for the love - I hope you are doing well too!!
@@fromcarlyb the pants are still looming menacingly, but I appreciate YOUR kind words. I understand missing family and all. I hope you're doing well, and your most recent video is also amazing. Have a great week!
Most quilters make their binding strips 2 1/2 inches wide,some 2 1/4 wide. This is the reason you were told to measure 2 1/2 inches longer than the end of the binding strip you were joining to. If your binding strip was 3 inches wide and you allowed 3 inches ,then it would have fit perfectly. You are so ambitious to hand quilt your first quilt! Kudos to you! I machine quilt my sandwich layers with my walking foot on my machine, so much easier for me.
Spectacular! I'll take 14 of those! You are a delight and so is your quilt! You just made a giant hug for yourself that you can give yourself over and over. Isn't that so lovely?
Quilting is a slooowwww craft, 4 days is crazy! I'm working on a quilt, and we have such opposite methods, but we'll both have quilts we love by the end of it!
You are an absolute ray of sunshine! ALSO can we just take a moment to appreciate how long these things we use (like a quilt) ACTUALLY take to make! Incredible.
I love your quilt! Hand stitching is my favorite. I have ADHD and the repetitive motion is really soothing when I get into the flow of it. Perhaps it’s different outside the US but I would think of patchwork as having a traditional or repeating design and what you did as improv piecing. You might enjoy videos about improv piecing and hand piecing. I have made a lot of quilts but always get confused when making the last join in the binding and just do a straight join at the end. 😂
Aw thank you!! It is such a cathartic process hey... very enjoyable! Oh I like this perspective - I've never heard of improv piecing but it does sound like what I do! I'll watch some videos on it!
I always find it so fascinating to see what people make when they don't know / don't care about the "rules". The quilt you made is beautiful. If you haven't already, you should look up the quilts from Gees Bend. I think you'll really like them.
I love your free spirit and natural approach to quilting your own way. I work the same way. While some people are surprised and this is not for them, I feel like buying a pattern and using somebody else this pattern is not for me. I like to invent the whole entire thing each time. Thank you so much for sharing your process with us
Love the way you just dove in! A 26 year quilter (and quilt teacher here) and this fearless attitude is awesome! (Also, bias binding is not necessary. It's just a design choice.)
You and your boyfriend are lovely together and just love your quilt! I used a sheet as the backing when I made a quilt. Got a active collection of velvet, brocade and satin scraps to make my next quilt. It will never happen.
kneeling on concrete while pinning your quilt sandwich. You are a miracle! If you have never checked out Dave's craftroom....siblings of another mother. Thanks for taking us along on your quilty adventure. So fun! Also if you have ever followed Tula Pink, sometimes she pulls out her first quilt and it reminds me a lot of yours. Diagonal binding makes it easier to attach it to your quilt without creating a bid bump in one spot. The diagonal distributes the seam. Sometimes people join head to head if they are trying to disguise a stripe or if they are frustrated with the diagonal. Your quilt is beautiful.
Haha!! I loved this so much! The diagonal binding is just to cut down on the bulk a bit when you’re sewing it to the quilt. You can do it either way! I’m a quilting “youtuber” and I try to really push back on the “rules” of quilting. It’s supposed to be fun and creative and experimental! You did a BEAUTIFUL job!!👏🏻👏🏻💖🍄🧵
Me, a 53yo ladychild absolutely loving your final design! When my life is a shambles, I also love to disassociate with crafting projects 😅 My ikea bags are filled with yarn, but I’d be totally on board for filling some with fabric and recreating a glorious quilt of my own. Very fancy and fun, I’ll take 17 of them, with sauce! 😂❤
I didn’t catch you live but loved watching you and your process. We kind of do it the same way. Some of my lap quilts are just winging it and they turn out the best. I’m 81 years young and a very free spirit. Thanks for sharing
Super fun. I love that you used the duck fabric that was meant to be cut out, I use those kinds of stuff all the time for my quick backing, they are fun. Nice quilt. perfection is way overrated, just do what you like and don’t stress over measurements, I never do, Hope you make more.
You are completely splendid and refreshing! I love your exuberance, never lose that! I’ve been sewing for decades and quilting for years. I can honestly say I’ve not enjoyed another video more than yours! New subscriber here, looking forward to watching your next one. Thank you so much for 20 something minutes of smiles.😁
I love love love your unique style and not following the traditional patchwork "rules". So much fun to watch you through this process. Well done Carley
You are adorable, full of excitement and energy, and soooo talented! I admire your jumping into the unknown with such fervor❤. Keep it up, Sweetie, and continue to enjoy what you do……
I've been wanting to make a quilt with all the cotton face masks I collected working clothing retail through 2020 and COVID! But never knew where to start and this is giving me so much inspiration.
you say delightful so often and i love it 😭i'm making my first quilt for a christmas present and i'm really obsessed with quilts rn (for some strange reason) so this is helpful! i also watched your video about sewing instead of brainrotting and that's got me inspired to get back into sewing!
Yes. Cotton batting is the best for a comfy quilt. I love your improve quilt. To avoid that extra backing fabric along the edge try to stretch your backing nice and tight before you baste and it should make the back smoother. Great job and I love the finished quilt ❤❤❤❤
i am seriously in love with your approach to patchwork and quilting! I'm a starter in sewing and have done a few garments so far, and been struggling with how to use secondhand fabric for larger projects, this completely solves it! Now I can go completely crazy without having to pay buckets for projects 😂❤ Also hand stiching... I really want to incopriate that more ❤
I'm currently creating a crafting gremlin costume for my local ren fair! My friends and I all decided to personify our favorite hobbies and make them gremlin-y! So, for me that means a sewing gremlin with the biggest, fullest, most fantastic patchwork skirt you've ever seen! ;)
gurl i love your style! its refreshing to see a quilt being made with no rules and just improv and fun. only thing i want to suggest is get yourself a rotary cutter and cutting mat. a quilt warrior needs her weapons to slay 😋
Oh Miss Carley B....your a breath of fresh air.❤ I like to incorporate some fabric from previous quilts or other projects😂 to a current quilt!Just a peeve of mine! I also make up my own 'designs' . My favorite is the patch-string quilt I made for my grown daughter. You are an enthusiastically talented artist , keep exploring your art ....your amazing.❤
Quilter tips! Don’t worry about “squaring up”, other than maybe just the corners so the binding goes on nicely. I’d call it backing, not lining. You can pull your knots through the fabric so it’s hidden. We call it burying a knot. There’s also the quilters knot to make the knots easier to make!
Your improv quilt is just so pretty...looks vintage. The big stitching is wonderful and looks great on the back too. Love, love the pieced binding. Look how you attached it so professionally❤ I dont know if you are familiar with the Gee's Bend Quilters (USA) but they were so skillful in putting together scraps from old clothing into wonderful and colorful improv designs. Many of their quilts are in museums today. I encourage you to check it out. ❤ And another suggestion to search out is the modern Australian quilter, Kathy Doughty...fabulous! I love improve quilts, yours is beautiful. Linda in Arizona
I hope you're doing okay! Having to move / getting evicted / renting troubles are so so stressful and can hurt a lot. But how lovely that you got to sink into a project like this, the quilt looks marvellous. I got a really nice sewing machine two years ago, howeveeer my flat is tiny and I literally don't have space to use it. I'm moving in September into a slightly bigger flat and I already decided on my first project: A canopy for my bed!!! So so excited!!!
I have only ever made 2 quilts and for one of them, I took a white bed sheet and tie-dyed it as my backing! It was one of my favourite things to do! I also have a set of pillow cases and a fitted sheet i tie-dyed as well so even though the front of the quilt wasn't matching it gave it kind of a matching vibe if I turned it over. I loved this video I just found your channel and immediately had to join your Patreon and watch all your videos.
I've been quilting for over 20 years and very much enjoyed your video. You can also use fleece in place of the cotton batting or even wool. The process you took is what people in the past did.......they used whatever material they had because it was extremely expensive and nothing was wasted. For fabric when making a quilt....it is best to use 100% cotton, you can use other material but cotton is best. Your question regarding the binding.......that is to reduce the amount of bulk in the material. Do you have the Quilting Bug now? I have quilts that I have made, some from my Grandmother, my Great-grandmother and one from my Great-great-grandmother. Cherished processions!
It’s warping because you cut on the bias so it stretches when you sew it. You have the backing and wading bigger than your top because when you quilt it those are pulled in so you don’t want them smaller than your top! Your quilt is beautiful and very freeing n fresh. ❤
Me, working at a quilt for my SIL that I started in APRIL and that would have been due when my nephew was born in July, watching your video: Jaw drop, absolute jaw drow. You finished a quilt in 4 days with hand sewing, now that´s what I call impressive! Also I love the energy in your videos and how unafraid you are to show that you are (vocal) stimming!
“I’m shocked because I didn’t feel I could do this for some reason”: this sums my own 1st quilt journey! What a JOY to discover your project and intake on your creation process ! Looking forward for what is coming up!
❤❤ it’s lovely!!! I’ve been intimidated by quilt making. It doesn’t seem so bad. I’m working on a Snow White gown costume for Disney not so scary Halloween party. The puff sleeves with the different stripes of fabric are a little tricky. I like watching sewing projects in the background to inspire me to continue.
You sew the binding together on the diagonal so that when you fold it, there aren't a bunch of overlapping seams that you have to sew through. A cute tip: During or after you sew down your binding, you can add some decorative stitches (either by hand or machine) to add more texture and whimsy! Using a contrasting thread color or floss, throwing a few large cross stitches or running stitches, a lazy daisy or whatever, every so often is super cute. Google "decorative quilt binding stitches" for inspo!
Hello Carly. This is the first video I watched on your channel. I love your quilt and really enjoyed watching you making it. Well done, it's awesome xxx
I have been patching holes in my bf's pockets with Dino fabric while watching! Only finished one so gonna go find another video to watch while doing the other!
You can lay your binding pieces perpendicular and sew corner to corner on the diagonal then just trim off the remaining triangle. That way you don’t have to cut that biased edge and sew afterwards.
Your quilt looks great and you did AMAZING for 4 days. My fave part is that curved bit. I love curves in quilts but am daunted by the process. The first quilt I made I hand sewed stitching 1 inch apart and then around each pattern (pinwheel design) and it took me months. A couple tips: the reason you had bunching on the back probably is when you were making your quilt sandwich. Pin basting can be fiddly and it needs to be absolutely flat. I’ve watched some videos about glue basting which is using washable school glue to seal the layers together perfectly and it looks waaaayy better. And then the glue gets washed out. That’s what I’m going to use on my next quilt which is a king size green scrappy one. Also I saw you knotted your hand sewing thread on the outside. Usually hand quilting you make a knot and then keep the thread on the needle and pull it through the fabric which embeds the knot in the wadding. So your knot is secure and invisible. Maybe the crochet thread was too thick to do that though. Also for backing I use a thrifted sheet and goes well with the colors or design. It saves soooo much money and is a seamless back. The second quilt I made I paid $120 just for the floral backing fabric and I said never again!
aw thank you so much!!! i think so too , although it took so much longer hahah. WOW THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!!! It must have taken sooo much effort. Thank you for all the tips & education - I appreicate it SO much.
I love milanote! i use it mainly for shotlists/storyboarding long form content for work but you inspired me to start using it for my own creative projects! 💓💓
i love the way your quilt came out and your technic is really good,, i live in texas so i dont use batting, i attach my top to fleece and it comes out really good
Bias binding stretches more, and it has more threads that cross over the edge of the quilt, so it’s supposedly stronger. I’m a improv quilter, who designs as I go, so I loved that you just let yourself play! Trusting your creative instincts (and being free to find the joy in it) is the hardest thing to teach someone. I also love that you didn’t care about squaring it up. You’re right, you don’t have to, it’s your quilt! Brilliant! The bunching comes from the fabric being stretched too much, and not ironed flat as you went. With quilting problems tend to snowball. Then you’ll see issues like bunching or it not being flat when you get to the quilting. Lots of bias in any type of curve. Mixing fabric types can cause warping too. 100% cotton is the ‘go to’ typically for quilters 😉. You just have to decide what matters to you and what doesn’t and you’re very good at that. I think it’s very fun and pretty and it was fun to see you dive in!
I love making quilts! I have only made 3 and I learn something new every time!! I am actually 3 whole babies/children behind, two nieces and one very good friend. This was a great reminder that I need to get on them if I want any of the kiddos to have them before they’re teenagers and 😂😂😂. This was so fun to watch. The only recommendation I was going to have was using safety pins and you already did that! I also don’t know why the binding is in the bias, but I just do as the quilting goddesses demand😊
Bravo! 👏🏼 Next time you might try fusible batting for making the quilt sandwich. BTW, all battings/waddings have a recommended stitch guideline (usually around 4”) and that guideline should be followed so the batting maintains it’s place during use and laundering. When hand-stitching, it’s important to stitch even closer together since you have fewer anchor points than when you sew by machine. Happy Quilting! Steph
Your quilt turned out great! I’m glad you got yourself a thimble for this project. I just moved and am currently putting my crafting room back together before I can get back to making stuff. I have too many ideas and can’t decide what I want my first project in the new space to be. 😅
I love your New Yorker Italian American accent 😂I am currently working on fixing some pockets on some pants I made and drafting a gaming pillow for my love!
As a Brisvegas resident I feel your residential shambling 😬 If you’re on the Northside I can 10/10 recommend The Nest Community- an op shop for sewing and yarn supplies! Blew my mind 😆
The diagonal seam for the binding is to reduce the bulk of the seam so it is not all at one point. Straight cut binding is a more practical use of fabric and bias binding is only needed when there are curves in the edge of the quilt.
It turned out absolutely amazing 😍 you dont have to make bias binding since you are not binding a curve ☺️ when you are hand stitching like that look up sashiko techniques or thimbles to save your hands 😊
I made my first quilt this past week as well! Still working on the hand quilting but very much enjoying the slow pace. Also can’t wait to see what you’ve been draping! Love from West Texas
@@fromcarlyb I made a babydoll Cecilie benson inspired matching set. I really wanted to make that one top Ariana grande wore by them so I did! but with sleeves. I made sure to enjoy the process and not rush, and it was really fun. Now I want to make a bubble skirt and a dress ahh so exciting! XD
I'm currently working on patchwork patches for jeans shorts that have a hole in the inner thigh area. I'm also going to place patches all around the shorts not just covering the hole.
Awesome. Loved your use of solely scraps. Outside of other comments sew the binding down on top and finish on the vack for more seamless look as well as smoothness. For bunching and knots well ingorance is bliss in the beginning and the more you do the more you learn... knots are better inside unless hidden by color of where knotting and bunching happens when layers are not tight enough ( i still have striggles w that...aybe a quick hand uaste will help- my current try to help). Keep learning. For washing dont put a hand quilted blanket through the dryer.... it will break down the thread for quilting as well as piecing. Try and air dry to keep the quality and have it as long as possible.
