Encouragement for New Hand Quilters! My VERY First Quilted Item (humiliating myself here, LOL)

[speckledhen]

Thimbleberries is a series by RJR fabrics, which I love, too. I had quite a bit of their fabrics that kathyinmo sent me in a quilt kit. Still have some of them left over from those projects.

This was Pansy Park, a Thimbleberries quilt I pieced. It was humongous:

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

WOW!
Cyn, that is a work of art! It is just lovely! I bet that took some time.

 

[speckledhen]

Piecing it took awhile, but not that long. The instructions were very clear. I didn't quilt it, though. MissPrissy bought the top so she could have it quilted by a neighbor with a commercial machine to give to her mother for a Christmas gift.

 

[seminolewind]

That quilt is STUNNING!!!! You pieced it? "piece" is a very small word for all the work and preciseness that entails. Wow !

 

[speckledhen]

It is a very pretty top, isn't it? I mentioned it to the quilt shop owner in town. Her eyes got big when I said "Pansy Park" and she said "that thing is huge!" I didn't realize I had completed such a monumental task. Now, quilting it by hand, that would be something BIG!

 

[NanaKat]

Stunning quilt top Cynthia.

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you, Kathryn. It feels like I didn't really do much, just followed someone else's directions, used the fabrics provided, so it wasn't my own creativity, just my machine doing it by the numbers. I like making up my own, especially the medallion quilts that I design as I go, border by border, choosing fabric for each section as I get to it.


Started the quilting on the new wallhanging so I think I'll have it done in no time.

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

I found this link last night, looks like they have the fabric you were looking for. http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/shop/product/pine-harvest-leaves/

 

[speckledhen]

That's definitely it, thanks! I think Patsy Thompson has some videos online that I was watching recently. I may go back to the quilt shop and see if they have the beige version like on that site on their sale shelf-I got mine for $5.50/yd on sale, which is a good price for this nice fabric.

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

$5.50 for that would be a great price; that is a beautiful print. Good luck, it sure set off your wall hanging in a most beautiful way.