I can hardly believe that today is day 6 in the 12 Days of Giving . That means we are officially halfway through and now is the time to catch up on entries. Let’s start with today’s box of goodies filled with quilt magic.
Do you believe in quilt magic? I do! I truly believe that quilts really are magical. Not only are the beautiful to look at, heartwarming to give but they can provide warm and comfort. There really is something special about these small pieces of fabric we slice up and stitch back together. Each design is so personal just like the hands that made it. My question is, how do you finish your quilts? Is it on a domestic machine at home or do you send the quilt top off to be finished on a long arm machine?
And for those of you want to start that next project but don’t have time for a full quilt, this package as a the mini quilt kit. All you need to do is cut, sit & sew!
Quilt Magic Giveaway
Gift package includes:
- Quiltoliogie Quilting Kit
- Machine Quilting Magazine
- 6 Fat quarters in assorted prints
- Spools of Madeira thread
- Assorted quilting pins
This gift package is valued at approximately $61.00.
Tucked inside this box is tons of quilting inspiration. After flipping through the pages I’m sure you’ll be itching to grab the rotary cutter and head to the table with your new fabric.
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Comments & Reviews
Very small projects I will finish at home on my domestic sewing machine. My mother, however, did all her quilting by hand. I am lucky enough to have a queen size quilt that she pieced and quilted by hand. I’m just not sure I am ready to attempt hand quilting yet. It takes talent and patience I did not inherit!
I always finish them at home
I finish my own quilts but they are straight line stitching and leave alot to be desired!!
I send the complicated quilting out to a LAQ. Simple, I do at home on my machine.
I normally finish them at home but I did try a mail away service and it worked out well.
I quilt them myself–love to make it from start to finish!
I finish my quilts at home, just not as quickly as I would like! 🙂
My sister in law does them for me/ Would love to have my own
I finish at home.
I’ve only sent one of my quilts out to be quilted. It was a special wedding quilt that I had worked on for a year and wanted to to look especially good. Thanks, grinnie1961 at gmail dot com
I have quilted all of my projects on my home sewing machine so far. They are not perfect, but when finished, I can say I did it all.
I have never officially finished off a quilt to know this.. hoping next year is my first one.. Wink. 😀
I have only done smaller projects and have done them myself at home.
I finish my own, which is why I have so many unfinished!
I am trying to do some quilting at home on my domestic machine but don’t have a lot of room to make my quilt sandwich. Most of my quilts so far have gone to my lovely long arm quilter.
I finish my quilts at home…all but one of them, which I had quilted because it was a T-shirt quilt and I wasn’t quite sure how to do it.
At Home- don’t have the money to send them out.
I finish my own quilts so that i can say that i made them….start to finish!
I finish my own quilt. For years, I did hand quilting. Now, I do mostly machine quilting.
I do all my own at home on my Babylock Destiny II.
Any sewing project.
I either do Stitch in the Ditch on my domestic machine or send to a long arm quilter. I have taken a FMQ class and need more practice!
I try to complete most at home, but if they are extra special or extra large I send them out.
Today’s prize is awesome! My projects are quilted by me at home. Someday I’d like to try a long-armer, but for now, I’m managing!
If the quilt is smaller than a throw, I currently send out to have it quilted. Anything smaller, I’ve done myself. I hope on day to be able to do them all myself some day.
I finish at home. I have on my list of new things to learn for 2018 is to rent a long arm and long arm my own quilts. Eventually I want to purchase a sit down quilting machine.
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I’ve only made a small project (to get my feet we), and did it at home 🙂
if it is bigger than a baby quilt than I send it out
I have done all my own quilting
I’ve only sent 2 of my quilts to a long arm quilter to complete because I wasn’t sure how to quilt them, but since then I’m more confident in my FMQ & my abilities to do the quilting on my domestic sewing machine. The more you do, the better you get.
I do mine at home!
I usually finish them at home.
Smaller projects I quilt at home. I haven’t made anything large, but would probably send it out to be done.
Machine quilt my quilts on my little machine, and finish off the binding by hand! The way my granny taught me.
I have sent my quilt once to a long armer and it was beautiful and I had it hand quilted by a group once but I cannot afford that and I feel sometimes like I am cheating but my machine quilting skills are not very good and I often end up hand quilting so not many quilts get finished but there is a sense of accomplishment when they are. I think I would like to start sending them out the professionals have such great designs
I finish them at home.
I finish my quilts on my domestic machine
I use a local longarmer – I have a very small space and a very basic machine. If I were younger I would love to learn to longarm. I will finish all small projects from baby quilts and smaller myself but for anything larger, I spend big bucks to get it done.
I send them out to be quilted.
I do both. If it’s a show quilt or larger then Queen it goes to a Pro.
I finish my quilts with my domestic machine or by hand
I use my sewing
machine at home.
Carla from Utah
I always send my quilts out to be quilted but I always sew the binding on myself!!!
I own a longarm that is not computerized so I quilt my own quilts.
Love your work! I have always finished my own quilts. Glad you visited Chimney Rock-beautiful place.
I send away and I quilt at home for smaller projects!
Pillows and mini quilts i finish myself, larger than lap quilts I send to the quilter. thanks
I quilt my smaller items (twin and smaller) on my Janome regular sewing machine. The rest I pay to have done and might be why I try not to do many big projects. Very expensive. I appreciate all the effort and time, just too costly. Enjoy your day
I quilt on my domestic machine which has an 11″ inch harp space which is wonderful.
Trying to learn how to machine quilt to save some money! $$$
Doing my first one but as my mom does; I plan to do it all at home on my brother machine 🙂
I finish my quilts at home. Thanks!
I finish all my quilts on my domestic sewing machine
Have never finished a quilt. I have a quilt top completed and would like to finish it on my sewing machine at home !!
I finish them at home on my plain old machine. 🙂
I am so sad that I can’t enter your giveaways, how generous you are ….. I’ll oay the postage if I was lucky enough to win !!!!!!! Love from Australia
If they are smaller than a lap quilt, I hand quilt them. If they are lap quilt size I might attempt to quilt them on my home machine. Any longer and they go to the longarmer! I have 3 that I use and they do a wonderful job. I do my own binding after that.
I send some quilts to a longarmer. If they are smaller, I will quilt those. I also hand quilt some.
I only make mini quilts so I quilt them myself at home. Maybe one day I will make a large quilt to send away.
I have always finished them myself. I am getting ready to send my first ever to the longarmer. I am so nervous that I won’t have something right and they will not be able to quilt it for me!
Both – depending on the size.
I finish mine at home. Have a wonderful day!! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom
so far I’ve only done hand quilting. Am slowly learning machine quilting
DO MINE MYSELF. STRAIGHT-LINE TOP STS. OR FREE MOTION STS. (getting lots better at this!) Thanks for sharing!
I can’t physically manage quilting at home so am thankful for my longarmer!
I finished my quilts dat home.
I finish my quilts on my domestic machine.
It really depends on the size of the quilt. A small quilt I will finish at home but the bigger ones are too small to handle on my machine wekk, so I will send them out.
If my quilt is small, I machine quilt it myself. But my big quilts go to a LAQ.
I finish off my own quilts but I’ve never made anything bigger than a lap quilt.
At home. Nothing too big or difficult yet though.
I quilt mine at home on a Singer Machine that is 50 years old. Would love to have something newer, but why when the old one works just fine.
I finish them myself.
I finish small quilts myself, but larger quilts get sent off.
By hand!!
I finish all of my quilts on my domestic machine. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Small quilts me….large ones long arm quilter
Only do small projects & finish them by hand at home…
I quilt them on my domestic machine – nothing over a lap size as of yet! Thank you for sharing your recipe, Susan
My Mom has a “mid-arm” machine I try to use to quilt my quilts. I just don’t have the $ to send them out right now.
I usually send them to my daughter. She has a long arm and does them for me.
Finish them at home.
Only machine quilted one large quilt at home but definitely all my smaller projects.
I finish mine myself.
I send most of them out but I am starting to use my walking foot on some
I do my complete quilts!! Thank you!
I finish at home
I always finish my quilts at home.
I finish my quilts at home, usually with hand quilting
So far I’ve only finished my own, but I have a couple I need to get quilted by someone else.
I’ve never made a quilt, only small things, tablerunmers and such. But now work for a long arm owner so will be doing my own. So excited.
I have always quilted them myself! Thank you!
I finish my quilts on my own but I do think about sending some out to be long armed.
I finish myself but would rather send them out.
I finish all of my quilts. From the small ones to the large ones. To me, that’s all part of the fun of quilting.
I finish my Quilts at home on my machine…
If I can I finish at home but if they are too big I try and hire time on a long armer although really precious ones I don’t trust myself with definitely do to a long armer.
Well I can’t answer this question cause I’ve never finished one. Still working on the learning and starting part
I finish my quilts at home.
I quilt on my longarm.
I like to do my quilts from start to finish.
I love to hand quilt and do some machine quilting @ home
At home, would love to try a longarmer but can’t afford one.
I was lucky enough to buy a (not high end) long arm machine on sale in the summer. So now I am finishing my own quilts!
I have never finished a quilt but would like to finish at home
The big projects get sent out to a quilter and the small projects I do on my home machine.
I haven’t quite finished a quilt yet.
I finish my lap quilts and projects at home.
Some quilts are finished on my own sewing machine. The larger are sent to a long arm quilter.
So far I’ve finished them myself, but nothing really big yet!
Finish at home or take it in and do it myself on the long-arm at my local quilt story. But honestly, I haven’t finished one in way to long.
I have hand quilted about 6 of them and sent one of them off
I do it on my own regular machine 🙂
I rent a Gamill & quilt my quilts myself.
I send them out to be quilted.
I finish them at home
I am a longarm quilter so my quilts never get done!
I always quilt my quilts on my domestic sewing machine. Sending them out to be quilted is just not in my budget.
At home on my domestic machine. Would love to have a longarm sit down machine
I usually finish them off at home.
I only quilt table toppers at home, everything else goes off to visit the long-armer!
i send out to a quilter unless it is throw size or less.
The large quilt I made I sent out. The smaller ones I have quilted myself.
I quilt everything I make.
I am a new quilter so I am sending to a longarmer, except for small baby quilts.
I have quilted a few and sent some to be quilted
Always finish my quilts at home.
I have never finished off a quilt.
I make small quilts like table runners or squares, nothing big so I quilt them myself.
I try to finish them at home.
I finish them myself at home.
I always finish my quilts at home.
I let my friend quote them because she needs to make a living. But I finished the bindings when they come home. So oh, I do a little bit of both! 🙂
I have only done small quilted projects, and have finished them on my home sewing machine.
I have finished all my quilts at home.
I only do baby quilts and I and tie them off with embroidery thread
The small quilts I have made have been finished at home.
I finish all mine at home.
I am making my first quilt, I will finish at home as it is a lap quilt.
I finish my quilts at home on my brother sewing machine. I would love to have a long arm but for right now I feel totally blessed with my Brother!
I use a long arm to finish my quilts….I’m not very good at it yet but I’m trying. Cindy Scofield
I quilt all my quilts at home on my domestic machine.
I usually do rag quilts.
I finish my own quilts.
I finish all my quilts myself on a domestic machine and occasionally will hand quilt one.
The larger, comforter type quilts I like to edge with blanket satin. I find this adds that extra special soft ‘feely’ something! The smaller projects I like to edge with a matching bias tape that I’ve made from the same fabrics as the quilt.
I usually do my own quilts.
I finish my quilts at home.
I finish off the small ones myself, but hand the big ones over to a professional longarm quilter. It’s just too much of a struggle to control the bulk when you don’t have a machine with a large throat.
I’ve done both. Either I quilt them on my home machine or I send them out to be done by a long-armer.
For now I finish them myself.
I send them out to be quilted
????????????????????????… oh, I’m supposed to FINISH those quilt tops… ooooooooh???? Haha, my intent is to finish them myself. I only have 2 waiting! My machine is in the shop! And then Christmas gifts…no, really. I WILL finish them!
I’ve done both depending on the design/size
I finish off my quilt at home..but haven’t made a big enough one (Yet..lol) to be sent out to be quilted :/ Thank you for chance to win this Give-a-way 🙂
It depends on the quilt. I like to finish small quilts. I have to send out larger quilts.
I finish my quilts myself.
AMAZINGLY….I finish them at home myself. LOL
It cost too much to send them out to be completed.
I finish them at home
I finish my quilts myself.
I bought a beautiful quilting frame from the Amish in Missouri in order to be able to finish my quilts myself after I was completely a disaster at trying to finish one on my machine. I still haven’t taken that one apart to redo. One of these days I may make an attempt at machine quilting again, but slow by hand gets the job done!
I have made only two, and i finished them at home. They weren’t too large ????
I am a novist quilter and do everything myself, including fmq.
At home for now but, would like to test sending out next time.
I’m starting to learn to do my own free motion quilting
I finish mine off myself – I adore the quilting process! xx
Send most of them out, I do my own baby quilts.
I quilt my own on my domestic machine
My wonderful husband purchased a long arm for me. So although I am still learning how to best use my machine I do my quilting a home.
I have only tried small projects, so I finish at home.
Control freak that I am——- of course I finish them myself
I finish my projects at home by hand mostly but want to try using my sewing machine because I piece faster than I hand quilt and I am so far behind!
Small quilts I will finish at home. Larger ones go to the longarmer.
I finish just about all my quilts myself. With the exception of something that is super special.
I finish at home, either with a walking foot on my Viking Sapphire or free motion with my Juki TL2010Q.
I hand quilt some, fmq some, and send some to a longarmer. I think each quilt tells me what it needs to finish it, so I go with that.
I finish my quilty projects at home.
I longarm on an apps machine!
I do them at home—-it’s called OCD!!!
I finish small items on my domestic and larger ones are sent to a long armed.
I do small ones at home!
I usually finish them myself but I’m just a beginner.
I don’t finish them. I have a dozen quilt tops and I have to get up the nerve to quilt them.
When I can afford it I send it out, but mostly I finish them at home.
Finish at home
It just depends on the project. I finish the smaller ones and take the larger ones to a machine quilter.
All my small projects I do at home myself. My large projects I take over to my friends house to do. She puts it on her machine and we get to hang out and make it a ‘girls day’! We have a great time catching up and sharing something we both love to do!
I do my own quilting on a domestic machine. It’s getting to be my favorite part of quilting.
Be they quilts for tiny babes, or larger quilts for teen,
Mighty quilts to fit a king, and many for a queen
With hopeful patience; guidance from above,
With sweat on brow, some tears and love
Piece to block and start to finish on my sewing machine.
I enjoy finishing my quilts on my home sewing machine with free motion and rulers.
My large quilts go out to my longarm quilter. Joanie does a fantastic job for me! The smaller projects I quilt on my domestic machine or I hand quilt. I’m hoping to get brave enough to try a larger project on my domestic.
I finish my own quilts…but so far they’ve been tied!
Lol, I’ve only tied and stitch-in-a-ditched my quilts.
So far I have quilted all the quilts that I have made, but the largest quilts have been twin sized. I have a couple of queen sized in the works that I think I will have to have someone else quilt.
At home on my mid-arm
I have always done my own quilting, by hand or on my domestic.
I finish most of my quilts at home, but sometimes I send them to be quilted by a longarm.
I send them out.
I’ve only finished one quilt so far and I quilted it myself.
I finish them at home … either hand quilt or tie children’s quilts. I plan to machine quilt my next ones.
I’ve only made twin size, which I’ve done at home. I’m hoping to make a queen size which I’ll probably go to the local quilt shop for!
I finish them at home.
I use my own home machine. It takes time, but it’s doable.
Home – make small quilt
I am learning to do them myself.
I have done hand quilting, had them done by long arm and have also tried quilt as you go. Hand quilting takes forever but I get the most satisfaction from hand quilting.
I have quilted a couple of small quilts I would love to have one done professionally my freemotion sucks
I do simple straight line quilting quilting on my small and medium size projects, but I take my large quilts to an awesome local long arm quilter and she does a great job.
On my own sewing machine
At home.
I have mine quilted for me and then I machine bind them.
Finnish myself x
I finish them at home. I like to be able to complete my quilts on my own, I’m a beginner so my quilts aren’t longarm worthy (in my opinion) and also, it can cost so much for materials that I don’t want the expense of paying for it to be longarmed
I quilt my small quilts and hire my long arm quilting friends to do the large ones
I have alway finished mine. It’s a great feeling when they finished!
My first quilt was done by me on my machine. The next one I hope to finish will be done on a long arm, sent off. I am slightly intimidated to decoratively quilt anything on my machine
I’ve only worked on small projects so at home! But the bigger projects will probably be sent out.
Depending on the size, I either sew them on my machine, or rent a long-arm at a local shop.
I quilt most of my quilts at home. I am slowly honing my FMQ skills. It is a slow process
I tied one baby quilt and sewed across the width of the second. Thanks for another generous giveaway.
To have never made a real quilt but love to see the quilts other ppl make.
To have never made a quilt.
I finish at home.
At home.
The quilting is my favorite part of making a quilt. I use my own sewing machine and I have rented time on a long arm machine for a few of my quilts. This makes the piece more personal.
So far I’ve done them at home. I would love to send some out at some point, when I can afford to.
Haven’t made a quilt yet but planning to after Xmas, and I would be finnishing it of myself.
I finish them at home on my own with simple quilting.
I finish all of my quilts at home.
I have sent my quilts out and finish with the binding and label. I have hopes to add machine
quilting my own quilts this year. Happy New Year.
I finish them myself.
I finish my quilts on my domestic machine.
I have only made one quilt and I finished it by quilting in the ditch.
I finish mine at home but I’ve been considering sending one out to see how I like it. I wish I could have a long arm at home! I have plans for the playroom once the kids are grown!
Has to go to a longer specialist. I haven’t had the nerve to try my own!!
I usually finish them at home but I did rent a longarm once.
I have never finished a quilt but I’m pretty sure I will be letting my checkbook finish any quilts larger than baby size.
At home.
I have sent quilts to a a longarm quilter and have finished them at home, too. Size is often the determining factor.
Finish at home
It all depends on the size. If I can quilt it on my domestic machine, I finish it. But a large quilt will need to be sent out to be quilted. Of course the labeling and binding is all done by me.
I quilt the myself. The first one I quilted on an old Bernina sewing machine. Then my husband bought me an industrial machine that has made it so much easier to quilt. One of these days maybe I’ll have enough space to get a long arm machine!
Quilt at home.
I send them of to a long arm shop or my friend does it when she has time.
I do my own quilting and binding on my Pfaff machine.
Most of my quilts travel off to be quilted. A few I have completed myself.
I hand quilt my quilts initially because the cost prevented me from using a long armer. Once I started, I found it so relaxing and enjoyable that I can’t imagine not doing it!
I usually quilt my quilts on my domestic machine.
I’ve done both – the first quilt I had done on a long arm at the Quilt Shop but the second one I did at home.
I’ve always done my own but it’s nice to know there is someone who can also help
I do both.
At home.
Sadly I don’t do any fancy quilting on my quilts just stitching the ditch or other straight lines
I DIY FMQ on my DSM. (I have more tops than quilts, of course.)
Minis are great ways to decorate and fun gifts!
I have only sent one quilt to the long arm as it was commissioned quilt and king size.
I send mine to a quilter. I tried to do some at home but it’s too hard
On my shoulders.
I finish my own.
I do my own quilting
I have always done hand quilting. I am going to venture into machine quilting soon. Trying to get up the nerve. LOL
At home always
I finish them with my little machine… or by hand 🙂
I quilt most of my quilts myself but occasionally when I have a time crunch I will send one out to my local longarmer.
So far, I have finished everything at home. However, we a getting more and more options in the area for long arm quilting.
I do them myself
I only finish things at home. Or maybe at my sister’s. I can’t afford to pay someone to do it for me.
I hope to add this skill to my repertoire in the new year!