The Quilty Bucket List

If you have been in the quilting world for a while, you probably have a list of quilts you’d like to make someday. I call this my Quilt Bucket List

Well, in this post, I thought it’d be fun to share with you my bucket list of quilts I’d like to make someday.

And taking the spirit of the new year, I am probably going to start most of these this year too!

This list is definitely going to grow or maybe change, but for now, this is what I have:

Dear Jane Quilt

This is high on my quilt-to-make list.

In fact, I actually started this some years ago. But, I think I’ll start over, just because I feel like my skill has definitely improved since then. I can do better and would like to tackle this again. 

I am a sucker for sampler quilts, but this is a 4” block sampler!  And because it is so tiny and fine is what makes it beautiful and tempting.  

The triangle scalloped border is also an interesting feature of this quilt. 

Definitely a lot of challenge, but also a lot of potential for learning and improving my quilting skill. 

I have seen a lot of different versions and colorways for Dear Jane Quilt, and I think I have not yet found one that I don’t like. 

You can simply search on Google or Pinterest for Dear Jane Quilt and you’ll be amazed at all the different versions of this dear quilt. 

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I love the idea of making a rainbow version. And that was the one I started. So, maybe I will continue with the rainbow version starting again. 

The book has no direction for the block, just a picture and the outline of the block. However, there are  Electric Quilt 8  add-on to help with the piecing or to paper piece the blocks.

There’s also a blog that helps with tips and some guidance. 

All of these are linked down below:

• Dear Jane Book by Brenda Pappadakis

• Dear Jane Journey, and block tips and tutorial by Anina

• Dear Jane Electric Quilt EQ8 add-on

• Dear Jane templates

Have you ever thought about making this quilt too?

Let me know in the comment if you are!

Lone Star Quilt

I have always been fascinated with antique quilts, and one of the popular designs that I often come across is the lone star quilt. There are so many version of this, but I particularly love the big single one made of little diamonds. 

I have been putting this on my bucket list for a while but has never really tried it at all. I can see that strip piecing would be the way to go for this.

This kit is a version of lone star quilts, a great way to just get to it straight away! I love the way the colourway changed in this one. 

I am planning to make one this year, or at least start one from Edyta’s Patches of Star book. 

Pickledish Quilt

Pickledish quilt seems to be very similar to the wedding ring quilt. The wedding ring quiilt used to be on my bucket list too, until I got it done. I still make another one though. I just recently bought the die for the wedding ring quilt, so that is definitely coming again. 

Anyway, the pickledish quilt is pretty similar, but I guess the arch is slightly different in terms of the width and the pieces that make up the arch. 

I love the version with the spiky look in the arch. In the EQ8, I can use the block Prickly Prickle and start this one right away. 

Here is my draft in EQ8 

You can see an example of a finished quilt of the prickle pickledish similar to this  by Jo Avery here.

Pickledish quilt with thinner blades like the one on the cover of this book is also interesting and maybe someday I will get to make that one too. 

Applique Quilt – Stars and Sprigs

This is probably a long term project. And I may not start this just yet. Just because I haven’t yet made an applique quilt. It seems intimidating, but for surely someday I would like to attempt this. 

It is just stunning. 

And I particularly love the idea of alternating star blocks of this pattern too. 

 Stars and Sprigs by Kim McClean – You can get the pattern here.

What do you think? Isn’t it gorgeous?

Other quilts that are on my quilt-to-make bucket list are already in progress. I just hope to finish them someday! These include:

Grandmother flower garden, an English Paper Piecing Project.

This one is taking its sweet time, but I am loving the progress so far. I am looking forward to working more on this project this year. 

You can see some of the progress of this quilt here, here and here. 

Winding Ways / Wheel of Mystery Quilt

This one is really interesting as I love the way the blocks are overlapping over with their neighbors. Curve piecing is also something I would like to challenge myself with. 

I also love the dual-color versions of this quilt. 

Like this red winding ways quilt by Joyce or this blue winding ways quilt by Bethany Quilt

 -I am already cutting these using Accuquilt with this die, I absolutely love using Accuquilt to cut curve templates. Makes it super fast and I can just focus on the piecing process. 

Well, I guess that is it for now! I am sure that this list is going to grow as I find more beautiful quilts I want to make. 

Tell me in the comment, what is in your quilt-to-make-someday bucket list?