Simple quilt pattern

I made this

It’s made with fat quarters so could be made with pieces. I used a pattern from a blog called “sew can she”and is the whirlwind quilt, it’s a free pattern.
It’s made from 11 inch blocks so it can be any size, mine is 66 inches square.

A lovely idea. After my dear husband died age 55, I made a quilt for his mother from his shirts. It was a simple quilt of squares and machine-pieced.

As you wish to handstitch, can I suggest looking at English Paper Piecing (EPP), It’s an absorbing hobby at any time and a portable one as you baste the shapes and handstitch them together. Hexagons are popular shapes for this but you could use squares, rectangles, diamonds and kites and put shapes together into different tessellations.

Look up Kate at the Last Homely House. She has a good tutorial for beginners and several others about design:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWvj8Rk9UWM&t=2138s

I also use children’s books bought from the charity shops to make the paper shapes but cut them by hand. You can also buy ready cut paper pieces. Sew & Quilt is one retailer.

www.sewandquilt.co.uk/collections/english-paper-pieces

Kate also had tutorials on putting quilts together, wadding, backing etc.

As to fill, mine is just the patchwork top and a double-gauze base as I wanted a light summer blanket and I quilt-tied it together. This made a good throw and I didn’t have days of
- -swearing- - machine quilting

I think the hexagon way is great for hand stitching.
I have used this method successfully.

I’d advise quite big squares, much quicker than hexagons. You can find all you need to know via Google.
You’ll need to buy batting, which goes in the middle, but for the back of the quilt you can use old duvets or sheets.
Hand stitching the squares is a lovely serene pastime.You can use and reuse your papers and at the end you do the actual quilting. Very satisfying.
Best to do a bit very often, like every day, or it will get forgotten and never finished. Best wishes!