Christmas Place Mats taught me how to quilt. Share your first project please.
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Christmas Place Mats taught me how to quilt. Share your first project please.
I love bringing out my Christmas place mats each year because they bring back some favorite memories of learning how to make a quilt. One summer, I took a beginners quilt class. The teacher used the example of a place mat to teach us the quilting skills of piecing, applique and quilting and binding.
Please share a photo or memory of what you made when you learned how to quilt!
Please share a photo or memory of what you made when you learned how to quilt!
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Ha! I should have started with something small ... and a class! Your placemats are beautiful.
I started with a queen size quilt because I wanted a bedspread with particular colors that I couldn't find in ready-made. I had a book and bought a cutting mat and rotary cutter. I didn't finish the quilt for it's original intended purpose, but many years later it now adorns the bed in one of our guest rooms. It's a triple Irish Chain pattern.
I started with a queen size quilt because I wanted a bedspread with particular colors that I couldn't find in ready-made. I had a book and bought a cutting mat and rotary cutter. I didn't finish the quilt for it's original intended purpose, but many years later it now adorns the bed in one of our guest rooms. It's a triple Irish Chain pattern.
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Your placemats are lovely. My first project was a hand-pieced and hand quilted pillow top with a drunkards path pattern. Right after that I hand pieced a twin size quilt for my daughter which I hand quilted, too. She still has it.
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