My first quilt

[basicliving]

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Yikes! I would love to join, but I think I'll practice a little bit first. I really have no clue what I'm doing yet. I want to work on one for my mother. That should take me the rest of the year sy my pace - sew two blocks, rip one, sew two blocks, rip one... well, you get the idea!

Penny

 

[Acre of Blessings]

But Penny, If you come on over there (which is in the Hobbies forum) you can learn a bunch of new tricks and techniques that will help you quilt bigger and better.

I love that the thread was started. Come on over and check out all the pics and read all the information.

Hope to see you there soon.

 

[DuckLady]

It looks great! NICE job!

 

[newchickenfamily]

Great job! That is a GREAT way to recycle favorite t-shirts! Can't see any mistakes from here!

I have made lots of quilts and have made mistakes in each and every one. I have finally been able to let that go knowing that NO ONE ELSE will ever notice them but me!! Your DH will never see them!!

 

[ChevygirlBeth]

That's a great job, especially for the first quilt! I'm with the rest of the crew here - I've never made a quilt that has no mistakes in it!

Since you mentioned having some trouble with the binding - check this link out. That tutorial is how I learned to do binding correctly and have mitered corners. Maybe it will help you, too.

 

[MissPrissy]

That is a great first quilt!! I can't find the first mistake! Yayyy you! Now make another one.

 

[eggchel]

Penny..... What a great quilt you made for your hubby. That reminds me that somewhere I have some of my kid's favorite childhood t-shirts that I saved to make cozy lap quilts with. Good idea using the fusible interfacing to make the fabric easier to work with.

Great tutorial, Beth. Thanks for the link.


chel

 

[basicliving]

Thank you all for the nice words and the encouragement. I've been meaning to make that lap quilt for over a year, but was worried I'd really mess it up - and he LOVED those tshirts. It really feels good to just do it!

And now I really am going to make my mother a quilt - I just need to get to a fabric store and pick everything out for it. I also ordered feet for my sewing machine to make real quilting a little easier. They should be here this week. I'm glad you are all so supportive - no doubt I'll be asking LOTS of questions - especially to Acre of Blessings who unintentionally signed up to be my mentor

Beth - thank you for that link! I had a big "DOH" moment when I read how she mitres the edges. It makes perfect since. You can not imagine how over complicated I had made it!

Thank you all!
Penny

 

[gumpsgirl]

Great job!

 

[ChevygirlBeth]

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You're welcome. I felt stupid once I realized how simple it was... I had been making it so difficult! I didn't find this until I did my 3rd quilt! So, yep, I can imagine what you went through!

I'm still learning new stuff all the time. This board has been very helpful to me!