...with my sewing machine. I just finished my very first quilt! It seems like every year around this time I get the sewing bug and churn out a few projects before going back to my knitting. This year, I decided to stop drooling over the various quilting blogs I follow and try my hand at it. This is a simple "brick path" quilt, using Michael Miller Dick and Jane fabrics that I have been hoarding for a couple of years now. I bought a set of fat quarters when I saw them in the fabric store, with no idea of what I was going to do with them--I just thought they were adorable. But orange happens to be my son's favorite color and he needed a new blanket for his bed, so I decided to break them out and figure out this quilting thing. The final size is 45" x 60".
I haven't washed it yet. I took pictures before that, so if it all went to hell in a handbasket in the washing machine I would have photographic evidence that it looked nice at one point!
I enjoyed the whole process so much! I have definitely found a new crafty love.
Ooh, it is super cute! Love it.
ReplyDeleteGah! Does your knitting know about this? May want to find a good lawyer. I've heard that scorned knitting can be vengeful.
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is just lovely :) And way more professional and quilty-looking than any I've made. Are you sure it's your first?
cheers!
Daisy
Really nice job.
ReplyDeleteThat looks really good! Much better than my first quilt, which was wonky central. Hehe.
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