When the weather turns cold, I frequently want more cover at night than does my husband, and my usual solution is a “half width” quilt that fits on just my side of the bed. I’ve had this one for years
but I decided to make a new one after seeing Tara Faughnan’s Traverse quilt. Of course I didn’t do it her way–some of her designs are way too fiddly for my taste. Instead, I combined some of her ideas with some ideas from Brenda Gael Smith’s Dreamlines class and designed my own.
Both quilts are backed with polyester fleece and have no batting, so they are pliable and cuddly. They are preferred by the grandkids because of this. I find them more comfortable for naps than regular quilts as well.
Also, a friend visited recently and made this quilt top from Tim Holtz’s pattern “Curious By Nature”. The pattern is free on the Free Spirit website. The fabric she used is mostly a Zen Chic collection from Moda, though the medium blue is from Libs Elliot’s Glazed collection. 
What interesting quilt patterns or examples have you found lately? I’m always looking for something different.
Zippy Quilts 
What a great idea it is to make a half quilt for your bed. May I ask what the dimensions are? Your crumb blocks really pop with the black background, and that pattern is wonderful!
That quilt is 58″ long by 45″ wide, which works for my height (5’5″) on half of a queen bed. Thanks for visiting and commenting! And send me a picture of yours when it’s done 😀
I like all three quilts, and I like the tip about polyester fleece for the backing!
Thanks, Gwen. The grands let me know about the poly fleece. And the amazing thing about the big circle one is that the friend who made it (with help) has very little quilt making experience–she just did it!
I love the scrappy one. What size are the squares?
The scrappy “gems” finish 4 “x 4″ and the strips on 2 adjacent sides of them finish 1″ wide, so final size of each block is 5″x5”
That’s a lovely quilt. I too like a fleece backed quilt, not just for naps but for cold evenings on the couch
Yes! I just moved a fleece-backed one to the couch!
I really like your adaptation of BGS’s Dearmlines and the other pattern! Enjoy sleeping under it.
Thanks! She’s teaching at Mid-Atlantic Quiltfest, but so are a lot of other good people so I haven’t decided what to take.
I looked at the link to your inspiration and I like your version just the same and it’s not as “fiddly”! A lovely way to keep warm. Fleece backing is a great idea for a cuddly quilt!
Thanks! Tara has wonderful color sense, which is the main thing I liked about her class and her quilt.
Good for you on making yourself a new quilt. I must say I do like the old one too.
Thanks! The grands like it too so it’s kept busy.
I like your rendition of Tara’s quilt!
Thanks, Lesley! It was good to see you recently (if only briefly–ha!).