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How to Make a Pine Cone Quilt

Prep Time: 15 minutesActive Time: 3 hoursTotal Time: 3 hours 15 minutesDifficulty: Beginner

Learn how to make a pine cone quilt using prairie points. With this tutorial, we'll use our sewing machine which makes it faster and easier than the traditional method of hand stitching.

Here are detailed instructions to make a pine cone quilt with a sewing machine.

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Pine Cone Quilts: Free Tutorial and Project Ideas

Betty Ford Smith keeps the legacy of Pine Cone quilts alive. After interviewing her for Create Whimsy I became fascinated with Pine Cone Quilts, also referred to as a Pine Burr Quilt or pinecone patchwork. It is an art form that Betty makes the traditional way, all by hand. It takes her three to five months to make a king size quilt. Read our interview with Betty to learn more about how she learned this quilting technique. Betty shares the tradition of pinecone quilt’s rich history.

I wanted to see if I could figure out an easier (and quicker) method to make a pine cone quilt and this is the result of my quest. Try it!

This is a perfect scrap-busting and stash-busting quilt pattern! Perfect for beginner quilters and challenging enough for experienced quilters! It is a great project when you are looking for something a bit meditative. You just make prairie points and sew them in concentric circles.

Yield: One pine cone quilt

25+ DIYs to Make Pine Cone Ornaments

Pine cones play an integral part in Christmas decorations. While contemplating on the several interesting crafts, you can make out of them during the festive season, do take into consideration the pretty ornaments that they can be designed into. Besides enhancing the beauty of the Christmas tree, they would also serve as an exciting showpiece within the interiors of your home. Making them is easy, as you could put it up just like that, embellish using ribbons, glitters, and beads, or even paint them in the color of your choice.

You may tie a green or red ribbon at the center of each of the pinecones for a perfect Christmas feel. You could even paint the whole of it, instead of just the tips as shown here.

For the star that would sit right up on your Christmas tree, you would just need to arrange the pine cones in proper shape and then make it appear bright by adding a paint of your choice. You could attach small red balls to each of the edges.

Silver, white or pearl-colored glitters can be applied to the sides as shown in this given tutorial for an enticing appeal.

The colorful pom poms sitting on the pine cone makes it appear all the more beautiful.

For a white pine cone ornament, sprinkle white or silvery paint on it, as shown in the picture below. Tie a red bow to brighten the appearance of the otherwise simple pinecones

The red and white twine brings in a rustic appeal.

Hedgehogs symbolize rejuvenation and inspiration; hence, having them as your Christmas tree ornaments would indeed be a noble idea.