What Was The First Quilt You Made?
09-29-2010, 11:39 AM
#201
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
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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.
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.
09-29-2010, 11:57 AM
#204
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Montrose, MN
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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.
09-29-2010, 12:24 PM
#205
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 416
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.
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.
09-29-2010, 02:17 PM
#207
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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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.
09-29-2010, 02:27 PM
#208
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 282
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
09-29-2010, 03:41 PM
#210
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 51
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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