Sunday 9 March 2014

My First Quilt


Hi Again! Yes two posts in one day....I know you're all surprised!  I just happened to find the time to finish this quilt that I've been working on.  It was simple in that the top was material from a patchwork skirt that I had. I cut it in half and sewed it together to make the length. (and yes, the skirt didn't fit....because I'm aware that that's a lot of material. LOL) Then I added the batting and the backing is actually a sheet curtain that I found at the local recycling free store! * I love finding such cool things!  I am not one for precision, but am totally delighted to have made something useful for my family!  I used a zig zag stitch to do the inner stitching just because I thought it was prettier that way.  Here are a couple more pics for you.  One so you can see how big it is against my queen bed, and the other of the backing.  Thank you for dropping by!  I just printed off some sweet FTHS digis today so I hope to be card making this week at some point!  :)



10 comments:

SarahGeorge said...

Oh, wow! It's lovely! :) The colors are beautiful too :)

ellyscard creatief said...

Beautifulquilt, Love the colers.
Gr Elly

Feikje said...

Beautifull quilt and pretty colors!

Esther Asbury said...

What a pretty quilt! I love how you did it in blues -- so beautiful!!

UTs Hobby Time said...

Looks beautiful. I especially love the colors. Stunning!

*Vicki* said...

Oh my this is stunning! You've done an excellent job matching up the colors on this!! Congrats on your first one! :)

Linda . J said...

A great quilt Jennifer with beautiful colours.
Have a great day.
Hugs Linda

Tracy said...

It's beautiful! My quilting skill really stink. LOL I've made a large one and one that was throw sized and lets just say no one will have to guess at what the batting looked like. hee hee I'm so impatient I've never tackled another one. Hugs!

Anonymous said...

Your quilt is just beautiful, I love the colours, so pretty
Hugs Julie P

Shirley-Anne said...

Fabulous quilt .And hand made even better .It has a lovely fresh country look to it .
hugs Shirley-Anne