New to quilting. Here's what I've learned from you all!
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First, I wanted to prove to myself that I could do this. I bought some fat quarters from Joanns with my coupons and coupons from friends, not knowing how many or what I needed. A gal I work with offered her mom to do the actual quilting for me once I pieced the top.
Since I felt somewhat accomplished when it was done, my niece trusted me with her favorite tee shirt of my dad's, her grandfather and wanted a pillow. I had just discovered MSQC and their tutorials and was in love with the jelly roll race idea. I made my own version for the back and she thinks I did a good job recovering an old pillow with grandpa's tee shirt.
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Having completed that, my daughter wanted her other pillow recovered so I decided to pick up her college colors and the anchor logo and work it into a cathedral window'ish pillow. First I cut the anchors wrong (I wanted them to be "level" in the diamond, not swishing back and forth as she calls them) , then I didn't have enough of the fabric to do what I really wanted so I managed to make this all work with what I had. I put buttons in my points to hid my mistakes and since I had rhinestones from her dance costumes, I put them in the center of the buttons too.
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Now, with my confidence increasing, I spent a lot of time trying to choose a pattern for my sister's quilt, a Christmas gift, to go with the layer cake, Town Square, I purchased when it was the Daily Deal. I've watched the Lattice Quilt tutorial a thousand times and convinced myself it's the one. I've had a few issues with it, but it is finally coming together too. It may not get done by Christmas, but with both of my kids off to college these days I seem to have time at home to squeeze it in. If I don't make it by Christmas, I will wrap a bag of scraps and tell her its on the way.
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I never in a million years thought that I could do any of this. Everyone here has been so helpful and encouraging. I hope to eventually make magnificent pieces similar to those I see here, but in the mean time- at least I'm on the learning curve!
First, I wanted to prove to myself that I could do this. I bought some fat quarters from Joanns with my coupons and coupons from friends, not knowing how many or what I needed. A gal I work with offered her mom to do the actual quilting for me once I pieced the top.
Since I felt somewhat accomplished when it was done, my niece trusted me with her favorite tee shirt of my dad's, her grandfather and wanted a pillow. I had just discovered MSQC and their tutorials and was in love with the jelly roll race idea. I made my own version for the back and she thinks I did a good job recovering an old pillow with grandpa's tee shirt.
puma front.jpgpuma back.jpg
Having completed that, my daughter wanted her other pillow recovered so I decided to pick up her college colors and the anchor logo and work it into a cathedral window'ish pillow. First I cut the anchors wrong (I wanted them to be "level" in the diamond, not swishing back and forth as she calls them) , then I didn't have enough of the fabric to do what I really wanted so I managed to make this all work with what I had. I put buttons in my points to hid my mistakes and since I had rhinestones from her dance costumes, I put them in the center of the buttons too.
GV pillow.jpg
Now, with my confidence increasing, I spent a lot of time trying to choose a pattern for my sister's quilt, a Christmas gift, to go with the layer cake, Town Square, I purchased when it was the Daily Deal. I've watched the Lattice Quilt tutorial a thousand times and convinced myself it's the one. I've had a few issues with it, but it is finally coming together too. It may not get done by Christmas, but with both of my kids off to college these days I seem to have time at home to squeeze it in. If I don't make it by Christmas, I will wrap a bag of scraps and tell her its on the way.
20161121_010836 - crop.jpg
I never in a million years thought that I could do any of this. Everyone here has been so helpful and encouraging. I hope to eventually make magnificent pieces similar to those I see here, but in the mean time- at least I'm on the learning curve!
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