The Back Porch Stitcher

March is National Quilting Month and one of my favorite times of the year to share more about quilting 💖

I’m Hannah, the face behind The Back Porch Stitcher! My normal quilting content has taken a bit of a pause around here as we welcomed our little girl Eloise into the world almost three weeks ago. Between her, our one year old Graham, and our three year old Everett, my husband Garrett and I stay pretty busy!

But in between the chaos, and honestly usually with the chaos all around, I still find time to make quilts. There’s something calming and relaxing to quilting that seems to bring a quiet rhythm to our lives that sometimes feels much needed 💗 Eloise hasn’t made it out to the sewing shed yet, but Everett and Graham have always spent a lot of time out there with me, and I’m hoping Eloise will be just the same.

Eloise’s two quilts (in my second and third photos) were the first I had made for our family in quite a while, since I normally stay busy making customer quilts. Between memory quilts, tshirt quilts, baby quilts, longarming, and embroidery, I’m usually just squeezing in projects for myself here and there! But I love getting to share bits of life and projects and quilts (chaos and all!) with y’all!

Another quilt for Eloise! 💗

I made an Ocean Waves quilt pattern for some of our best friends when they got married in 2018, and ever since then I have been wanting to make one for myself. I’ve been saving up Liberty of London fabric here and there for a quilt some time now and early this spring I decided it would be the perfect thing to use for my own Ocean Waves quilt. I wanted something besides white to use for the background, and this soft and cozy linen fabric was perfect. As soon as I had cut the fabric and started working on it, I found out we were having a little girl and decided this would be the perfect quilt for her. It’s such a big quilt too, that I know it will be one we use together a lot in the coming few years!

When I was trying to decide on a pantograph design for this quilt, I kept coming back to something floral. I was sending my friend the options I was looking at, trying to decide on a favorite, and she decided to look up the meaning of the different flowers I had in my options. When she sent me the meaning of tulips, one of the things it said was “grace under pressure” and I thought it would be such a special meaning to weave into this quilt for sweet Eloise 💗🌷

And the last customer quilt before Eloise arrives is headed off to its new home! 💗 Swipe through to see the matching pillow we added that is the perfect touch!

These sweet bow quilts are just what little girl dreams are made of!! 🎀

So much love in each block of this memory quilt 💗

Special moments and special outfits highlighted, with bow blocks made from other outfits. Bows and butterflies hold special meaning for this family, so we found a way to incorporate both into this quilt. The sweetest butterfly backing (that I forgot to take a picture of), a butterfly pantograph, and then the special bow blocks.

Getting the chance to help create something so meaningful for families is one of the most special parts of what I do 💗🦋