Sew a patchwork quilt - PEP BB textiles.wood.patchworkquilt

This is not a great quilt, but it is technically a quilt. I’m a beginner, self-taught- and this was my first full sized quilt. It shows. I made some small mistakes in the beginning (inaccurate cuts on my square pieces) which had a ripple effect on the final product. I also don’t think I had the space necessary to get such a behemoth sewn. I was working on a small desk with my regular machine. It would have been better to use at least our dinning room table. Hindsight, 20/20. Lessons learned.
So. The BB requirements.
I made this from cotton for our Full sized bed, using incorporating clothing scraps and cabbage. The batting is also cotton. I cut squares, which I sewed together before cutting into triangles. Ironed out into squares for 5”x5” patches. Then the squares went together in a long row, the rows then sewn together for the face of the quilt. Added a border for pizazz.
Decided to finish without a binding edge, so right sides together, sewn around 3 sides and most of the 4th, turned right side out and then sewn around the edges.
Was pretty sick of staring at my mistakes at this point and desperately wanting to be free.
Quilted in the ditch. Made the bed. Said good night.
Final measurement is about 6,970 inch squared. Compare to the required 5,850 inches squared.
This hasn’t scared me off of quilt making. I really want to make another one in fact just to prove I can do better. But I’ll probably do a few smaller projects first.

I decided to make a quilt for my son's room rather abruptly. I used precut jelly rolls which are 2.5" wide but 40" inches long or so. I cut those according to the pattern I was using. I apologize for not having pics of that.  I just decided to make it and then thought of the PEP later.

Then made the block with some black squares. The finished blocks were around 6" square.

Pieced all that together in rows, etc. I used an electric blanket that didn't work anymore as the batting; I took out the wires and such. Since this batting was really thick, I hand quilted the top to the batting and then stitched the top/batting to the backing with right sides together, leaving a space for turning. Once turned and corners pressed, I top stitched it together, then since I was on a time constraint with the place I was doing the sewing, I only quilted by machine one square in the middle to keep it from shifting. My son loves it and says that it is very warm.

This quilt is a special project. You get so many baby blankets when your kids are tiny, then they grow up, and the blankets are too small, even for a lap blankie. But you have fond memories with them, and maybe even put a significant amount of work/blood/tears into creating them, so you don't want to toss the baby blankets. So here is my solution: I matched up baby blankets that are about the same size, sewed them together, and re-bound them as the back-side of a new, quilted jeans top. Now my kids get the heavy, comforting jeans quilt they all want, as well as keep their favorite baby blankets. I am giving new life to their jeans and their baby blankets.

The pieces I am using for the new, patchwork side of the quilt are harvested from jeans I've kept over the last 2 years. I use a "strip" technique on them, meaning I cut the widest strip possible out of the legs, then sew all the matching widths into a long, column. The most narrow strips are only 4 inches wide.  The widest in this project are only 6 inches, well within the bb parameters. I'll lay out the "strips" and order them how I like them. then I'll sew the strips together.  Once this quilt top is finished, I lay it over the old baby blankets, which have batting in them already, then bind them, with another strip. Finally, I tied the whole quilt with a color that matched all 3 re-used elements. Pink! This keeps all the layers from sliding around later.

It fits my daughter's bed nicely!