Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Valentine's (aka "My First") Quilt completed!

I finished binding my first quilt today and I am so excited! It is far from perfect but I had to keep reminding myself that it was my first quilt and that I will improve with practice. And that is probably what I like best about sewing. It is one of the few things that I can actually notice myself improving on every time I do it, and that makes me feel good.
Anyway- It is just a throw blanket size but I did diagonal quilting on it with a pieced binding. It was lots of fun to do! I got the free pattern here. FYI: it will be years before I actually pay for a quilt pattern because there are so many great free ones floating around out there.
I have almost finished quilt #2 and I guess I better take my husband's advice and slow down so our house isn't overrun with quilts.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love love your quilt!! It looks great and the pattern is so fun. Good Work!

brie said...

the quilt's totally georg! i can't imagine starting quilting because i'm so overwhelmed with trying to get sewing down. good job though, loves it!

Rebecca said...

Just amazing you are. I love it. Come ovr and teach me.