How big was your first quilt?
03-19-2011, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by katieranch
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03-19-2011, 11:48 AM
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Twin size Strawberry Shortcake girl quilt for my 4 yr old. (She still has it and shes now 30).
I got pillow squares, cut them and sewed them together. My mother in law who was a good old fashioned quilter instructed me. I started to hand quilt it but she finished it up.
I got pillow squares, cut them and sewed them together. My mother in law who was a good old fashioned quilter instructed me. I started to hand quilt it but she finished it up.
03-19-2011, 12:20 PM
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My first was a queen size log cabin in 1982 in blues, browns and peach. I used an old blanket for batting, and it was very heavy. It was too warm after we moved from St. Louis to Houston, and was rarely used after that. I gave it to Goodwill a few years ago, and I regret that I don't have a picture of it. I didn't do any more quilting for about a dozen years, but did a lot of other sewing.
03-19-2011, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by purrfectquilts
Just thinking back to my first quilt made me laugh today! I cut squares from a white sheet, used iron on embroidery transfers, painted them all with embroidery paint (remeber those tubes?), sashed with pink, backed with pink and yellow striped flannel. And, for the middle I put both an old blanket and an old tablecloth. No idea why. But, do you know how heavy that quilt was??!! My daughter has it today, well-loved, total tatters, but it is what it is. Over 50 years ago and a double bed size.
03-19-2011, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Shelbie
I started my first quilt at 16 and it was made of 9" Monkey wrench blocks made up of scraps, beige sashing and scrappy corner stones. I used a yellow rose sheet on the back and tied it with yarn. It was single bed size and didn't get a lot of use until I was 33 and had a little girl who needed a quilt for her big bed as her new little "brudder" needed her crib. Right now that quilt, a little worse for wear is in the big chair in the rec room and is still used every day. Poly/cotton really does wear well!
Poly cotton does wear well and it feels good to the touch!
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