Originally Posted by SleepySoul

Hello! I’m Daniel, a 20 year old who started quilting two years ago. I’m a physics student from Chicago with very little free time, but I’ve managed to complete 2 quilts thus far! Pictures and info are below. I’m very interested in improving both my piecing technique and quilt design skills, but to be honest, I'm a little less interested in the actual quilting part. I’m more interested in making “modern” quilts, but still find traditional quilts to be absolutely beautiful.
Unfortunately, my grandmother, an avid quilter, passed before I started sewing, which means I’ve never really had the opportunity to talk to anyone about quilting, as no one else in my life quilts. I hope that this community can provide that for me and also answer questions I will surely have.
Despite being relatively new to this whole quilting thing, I find myself quite certain that it is something I will carry through my whole life to come. For reasons beyond my ken, it seems that I am simply drawn to do this. So I shall!

I have attached images of the two quilts I have made and the design of the third, which I am still drawing up.

#1 A simple mountain design very similar to countless others that can be found on the internet. I had a lot of fun making it, and think its simplicity made it a good first quilt. I do think I should have made it bigger, though.

#2 A resplendent quetzal, my brother’s favorite bird (this was a gift to him). I learned how to paper piece and so made this! It was a bit over ambitious, which, combined with time crunch, led to sloppy execution. My many design mistakes here also taught me some important lessons


#3 Art Deco! A design I drew up this last week that I am pretty happy with. I may make a post soon asking about the best way to block it out and quilt it. It will probably take quite a while to actually get it sewn.