YOur first quilt is a beauty.. great job. :)
My intrest in quilts started in the early 1970's, Spent a lot of time at my grannies.. My son and I went there everyweek end for months to go to church with her. I would watch her quilt and son would play with wooden spools on the floor, building things. Granny had a treadle machine didn't like the fancy one her daughter bought. and would not use it. Granny shared her hand paper cut out templates and showed me how to use them. I still have many she gave me as well as some quilt blocks she made and a quilt block her granny made.(from mid 1800's) I was hooked and made a few then, naturally all hand cut and tied. Then life took it's turns and I got out of sewing till recently. I will always remember the fun with granny and sleeping under her warm flannel backed hand tied quilts. I have one I made back when....? it is in storage, need to get it out and tie it up. The colors are oh so bright in orange, (monkey wrench) oh well. with flannel it will be warm.... said my granny so many years ago.