PatchGirl

I LOVE all your responses! They are TOTALLY inspiring!!!!!!

blueangel

My first quilt was a nine patch and I still have it.

Katts 14

A baby irish change about 20 years ago

Bren

My very first was a lap-sized Card Trick. I made it in a beginner's class at Joann's and still have it. I machine SID for the first time also. There are a few small puckers on the back, but I love it.

fayeberry

Mine was Irish chain pattern though I didn't know it at the time. Just bought the (lap size) pattern for beginner quilting class. I gave it to my mother who used it in her wheelchair to hide her catheter bag. She said she had many compliments on it (?!)at least it was a conversation piece. She died earlier this year, and I have the quilt now. I can't bear to part with it, so I guess someone else will have to make the decision about what to do with it one day.

mim

some dear friend of your mother who is also in a wheelchair would treasure it and the memory of the happy days with your mother that she shared -- just a thought -- Mim

KGoodhand

Log cabin table runner in Christmas colors and it is used every year!

plainpat

I saw a pic in a magazine, thought it was pretty & the rest is history.K size braid......of all diff colors & yes,I still have it, along my my 2nd quilt,a log cabin.It's so wonky,cause I had no clue what I was doing :D

coachmatthewsvhs

A ship quilt.... my sisters and I split up the # of blocks. I haven't kept a quilt yet.... that was in 1979

jollyquilting

My second one was in a magazine too, the first one by Eleanor Burns, still have it although it is in rags