oh, it was a bittersweet moment handing over this quilt, lots of proud-making ooohs and aaahs, and oh how lovelys, but i did find it very hard to leave my little quilt, my first finished quilt, behind - to be loved by some one else, but loved it will be.
although it did take another 6 months to get to this point, i have enjoyed it, and i have learnt a few things....
if you want to quilt on a sewing machine... get a quilting foot - very important this, i spent a very frustrated night being very upset about my wonky quilting before i discovered what a even feed foot was!
don't get too over zealous when securing the ends of the thread while sewing the patchwork pieces together, as it can rumple the fabric and make it wonky, just one stitch in the opposite direction will do.
when doing the blind stitch on the binding, bend the quilt at the edge of the binding - it makes it so much easier and neater.
i'm not very good at following instructions in books, or at cutting fabric in a straight with a rotary cutter - oh dear!
hopefully i'll learn from my mistakes.....
but now, the ta-dah......
wrapped up neatly in white tissue and blue ribbon with a be-stickered luggage tag.....
washing instructions written on the other side of the tag.....
btw aren't those stickers cute, i got them here and then......
and yes i am trying create a little tension, a visual drum roll if you will......
before.....
i reveal......
......
ta-dah....
the baby boy quilt......
oh, how i do love it, i'm very proud, i love the little fishies and whales, and the cars and the stars, and the polka dots of many colours......
....i love the wrinkly crinkly feel, and the spirally quilting......
....i even love the faults, the coloured thread caught behind the quilt top, and the small puckers......
it makes it real, it makes me proud, it all means...i made that!
whimsycate, x x x
6 comments:
Congratulations, what an achievement, it's really really sweet. Glad to hear it was worth all the time you put in, the next one you'll get done in record time.
Kate x
That quilt is LOVELY, no wonder you're so proud of yourself - you should be! I'm sure it will always be treasured.
Well done :-)
The colours are lovely, you have put them together so well.
A x
Hi Cate, thanks for your sweet comment. Your baby quilt is gorgeous! (All those polka dots - fab!) Oh, and I have trouble with a rotary cutter too, I usually just cheat & eyeball it with the scissors!
Rachel x
This is really lovely. Were there any online resources you used to learn quilting?
didyoumakethat - no particular resources, i just like to make things up as i go along, which doesn't always work out, but i did do some general google research and used the idiots guide to quilting for the binding, but i still didn't do that right! it's really just a lot of experimenting and will power!
cate, x
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