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I made a quilt many moons ago. (l980) I was always a sewer for my neices, so I took all the material I had for the dresses and cut 4" blocks, and sewed them together, then hand quilted it with an X
It is now ratted with holes but well loved by my kids. And soft as can be. It is fun, remembering the dresses I made from the materials. |
My first one was a KING size SAMPLER.....figured if I could do that one, I could do anything...........this is actually on our bed right now..its cold here in NC this week....
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My first one was a KING size SAMPLER.....figured if I could do that one, I could do anything...........this is actually on our bed right now..its cold here in NC this week....
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My first was a Storm at Sea baby quilt for my nephew, cut with cardboard templates and crappy scissors. I even made two extra blocks into a matching little pillow for him. He used it for a while, then my sister put it in her cedar chest to keep for him until he starts his own family.
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Originally Posted by Butterflyblue
My first quilt was started because my younger sister was making her boyfriend a quilt with pieced fish, and I thought "That looks neat". I tried a block of the pieced fish, but didn't understand seam allowances, so it came out looking like a tree.
So I found this applique design in a book and enlarged it. The other squares were all scraps and some charm squares my mom had from a swap or something. I just randomly sewed them all together. I started it one summer after my junior year of college and didn't finish it until three years later (it just sat in a box in between). I wanted it to be a double, initially, but got tired of sewing squares together, so I made it lap size. Now it is my TV quilt, and my daughter seems to really like the colorfulness of it. This is the quilt I made when I didn't know how to quilt, so I ironed all the seams open (although my mom did tell me to use 1/4" seams) and some of the fabrics are not just poly blends, but also at least one that is pure polyester. I think there are a couple of rayons, too. Pulled the back around for binding and hand-tied it. |
Fishnlady -- love your choice of colors -- I can almost see the heat coming out of that quilt, and your dad looks mighty pleased.
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Originally Posted by Cheshirecatquilter
Fishnlady -- love your choice of colors -- I can almost see the heat coming out of that quilt, and your dad looks mighty pleased.
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Originally Posted by fishnlady
I took a class to do my first and only quilt this last Winter. Here is a picture of it.
You did a great job on the quilt itself. It is a blue ribbon quilt, in my book. Joyce |
My first quilt was a log cabin quilt which I still have. It's full of mistakes but I like to see how far I've come since I have made that.
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My first quilt (and only so far) was made using cheater fabric with round medalions and ducks in the center. The fabric had a floral border, so to make a king size I stitched the two borders together to make something like sashing in the mid. and around each block. It turned out pretty well. I had to go back and requilt the first part I quilted due to my stitches being way to large. After a while I got the hang of it and it looks ok: I have a bad habit of biteing off too much at once with projects.
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Mine was traditional tumbling blocks. I was too ignorant to know it is not one of the easiest to do! Good thing was from then on they seemed very easy!
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Originally Posted by joyceinoh
Originally Posted by fishnlady
I took a class to do my first and only quilt this last Winter. Here is a picture of it.
You did a great job on the quilt itself. It is a blue ribbon quilt, in my book. Joyce |
My first real quilt was a Trip Around The World that I made at a week long Elderhostel Quilt class I took back in 1999. I was the only newbie quilter in the class but I have to say the instructor made sure I learned the basics. My supply list said to bring pins and I brought about 10 big safety pins and a few straight pins. I didn't have a quarter inch foot so most of my seams were off and didn't match up but I was proud of that quilt. Went home and made a baby quilt and a twin size quilt in that pattern.
Did make a something like a quilt way back in the 80's. It was a queen sized duvet to cover an old blanket. I sewed a bunch of big calico squares together and used a wild patterned sheet for the back. No tying or tacking down to hold it together but it served as our bed cover for a few years. Even made a calico bed ruffle to match. May in Jersey |
The first quilt I made was the double Irish Chain - a present for my eldest son. That was years ago when I was still doing hand quilting.
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my avatar is my first quilt.. I am still not done.. as I am a lazy quilter and I am hand quilting this one.
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was taught cathedral window followed by octagonals and from then on decided that piecing was not for me!
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It seems that those are hard ones to start learning with.
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Trip around the world was 1st second was rail fence....I still love the simple ones best.
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Originally Posted by Quilt-Writer
I made a king-sized Storm at Sea. I designed the color layout, cut, and machine pieced the quilt. A church quilting circle did the actual quilting. I made it for my daughter who still uses it.
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My first was the Album pattern (my Avatar) in Civil War reproduction fabric.
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mine was crazy quilt.
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More amazing quilts and fabulous stories. I am really way out of my league! There are so many different kinds/patterns of quilts - I have no idea what most of them look like.
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Don't feel overwhelmed or inexperienced. I'm only on my 3rd quilt. I've discovered that the quilters on this board are so supportive and full of information they are willing to share. I just love it here.
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