Wednesday, August 24, 2011

My First Quilt

Well I've gone and done it...I've made a quilt! This is something I said I would never do because it looked WAY too difficult and I just didn't have the time. While it was very time consuming, and by no means easy, it was a lot of fun and I love the finished product!


I wanted the top to be a classic pinwheel design. I used a pack of fat quarters and some fabric from my stash. I loved the pinks, greens, and blues. It's girly but not too over the top.

I think Gray likes it too!! It's not bed-sized, but it's big enough to lay under and stay super warm. I used organic cotton batting which is really thick and warm. It doesn't get really cold here, but we like to snuggle under blankets.


I'm not ready to tackle free-motion quilting, so I straight-line quilted this top by machine. Sorry to those "quilting purists" who hand quilt everything. Kudos to you!! I really don't know how you do it.



I like the backing as much as the front. I LOVE the super-loud print. It has all of the colors from the front and is fun and playful.


Since the binding was pink, I added some blue and green to the backing as well.


I'm a very impatient person, so I machine stitched my binding. It's going to take some practice to get it smoother and more even, but I like the result.


I look forward to making some more quilts, and trying new techniques. This one was pretty big for my first, so next time I'll make a doll quilt!!

14 comments:

  1. Congratulations! It is beautiful! Great job! Watch out quilting is very addictive! (Doll quilts even more so, or so I have heard!)

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  2. Great quilt! I had to chuckle about the quilting though. I hand quilt because machine quilting seems scary to me. (You can mess things up a whole lot faster...)

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  3. GREAT JOB!! It's super cute!! Looking forward to viewing more quilts!


    It does look hard when you're looking at them, but once you get the breakdown of how it's made....super easy!!

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  4. You did a great job with this. I did pinwheels for my first quilt, too, but I wasn't brave enough to go as big as you did. Love the fabrics you chose!

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  5. It came out great! I have made one quilt (notice I said one) and I know the work that goes into it. It is very satisfying to see the finished product. Way to go!

    I am a new follower from The Mingle Monday Hop. If you have time and can stop by http://messforless.blogspot.com I'd really appreciate it.

    Thanks!

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  6. It is beautiful! I love it! Great job! I would love it if you would share this and/or any other projects you have been up to at Tuesday Talent Show at Chef In Training Tomorrow! Plus there is going to be a fun giveaway too! Thanks so much and I hope to see you there!
    -Nikki
    http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/

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  7. Oh my goodness- this is beautiful!! You did awesome! You make me want to put a quilt together! Thanks so much for linking up to Strut Your Stuff last weekend! We would LOVE to have you come back and link up more of your great projects tomorrow!
    Camille @
    SixSistersStuff.blogspot.com

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  8. Yay! You go girl! :) Congrats on your first quilt finish and thanks for linking it up to {Sew} Modern Monday!

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  9. Congratulations on your first quilt! It wasn't so bad, was it? This looks excellent, and I completely agree about machine quilting vs. doing it by hand! I just don't have it in me! Fabulous work!

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  10. GREAT JOB!!! wow! I love the pinwheel block...that is always my "go to" block :)
    You did great!!!

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  11. Congratulations on your first quilt! It is wonderful, and you can never go wrong with a class pinwheel design.

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  12. Nice job and congrats! It looks beautiful. :)

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  13. Yea, your first quilt and it`s gorgeous - I`m a big fan of pink and green and love that you`ve added blue too.

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  14. Fabulous, my first quilt was supposed to be like this! It turned out differently, but even your colours are close to mine/

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