Debbie B

Several Aunts in my family quilted and about 20 years ago I decided to try it. I bought a quilt kit while on vacation. I hand pieced & hand appliqued & hand quilted it. I had no idea what I was doing. It took me about 8 years to finish it, because I'd get frustrated or bored and put it away. After that I didn't quilt again until last winter. My son had moved out & I thought that I'd buy a new bedspread. I found one that I liked at Bed Bath & Beyond and it was over $100 for a twin size, and I thought "you can make that". So, I found a free pattern for a rail fence quilt and I pulled out my old sewing machine. I machined pieced it & hand quilted it...the hand quilting was pitiful...ha. By the time I was finished I had found this board and read about FMQ. I bought a Brother XR9000 with the drop feed. Now not only am I making quilts, but Bow Tucks bags and table runners. I still feel that I'm in the learning process, but the board has helped me out so much. And I still have that first quilt that took me so long to make. Below are pictures. I didn't know what to do so I whipstitched by hand with embroidery thread around all the applique. I didn't even know it was called applique back then...lol.