Tuesday, December 27, 2011

I finally finished my first official quilt!

I finally finished my first quilt!  It is a small quilt I started in my quilting class back in October.  I had everything done but the border.  We didn't have time (and I brought the wrong material) to do the border in class, so she sat down with me and explained how to do it, even gave me a book.  The only problem is that my ADD brain can't learn stuff like that from a book.  I have to see it.  So of course I messed up on it!  I didn't fold it in half to begin with and could not figure out what to do after I folded it over to the other side.  So the back side is kind of wonky.
I even added three tabs in the back on top in case my stepmom wanted to use it as a wall hanging instead.
I found a video yesterday that shows how to put a border on a quilt, looks so easy!
Here it is:


I consider this my first quilt, since I had it mostly finished before the rag quilt.  LOL  I was going to add a pink border, but decided to go with the green that matched my squares.

On another note - look what my husband got me for Christmas!
He got me a new camera!  Now I can actually see the pictures I'm trying to take since the view screen had gone out on my other camera!
I hope ya'll had a merry Christmas!
Missy

3 comments:

  1. I am totally impressed. What a beautiful 1st quilt. You did a wonderful job. I love the design. I have trouble attaching the backs to my quilts and ends up with wonky's (I like that word) too. They make a large piece of equipment called a Tin Lizzie for attaching and sewing your backing fabric on. It would make the job a lot easier, but the equipment is very long and on the expensive size.
    Do you have plans for another quilt?
    A new camera??? That is exciting, hopefully you will be sharing more pictures this coming year.
    Oh, I couldn't miss the penguin wrapping paper on your gifts. When I see anything with penguins on it I think of you.
    I enjoyed reading another on you blogs. Always well written and interesting.

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  2. Wow, Missy, you did an amazing job on your first quilt! It's just beautiful and you must be feeling quite accomplished!

    Wishing you all the best for a wonderful and creative 2012!

    ~Cindy

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  3. If my first quilt looks half as good as this, I'll be more than happy!!!

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