Lets see your "first" quilt
06-29-2011, 08:25 PM
#124
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WOW! I am totally floored by some of these first quilts :shock:
Here are my meager offerings. I divided a few fat quarter packs and made 2. I had the packs for a few years before I was brave enough to cut them :oops:
Here are my meager offerings. I divided a few fat quarter packs and made 2. I had the packs for a few years before I was brave enough to cut them :oops:
06-29-2011, 08:35 PM
#125
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Originally Posted by Sheree from Chicago
My profile pic (New York Beauty/Karen Stone) was my first quilt. It got me through falling apart over a lung cancer diagnosis/surgery. I was afraid I wasn't going to live long enough to make it and..................... seven quilts later!!!!!
So glad you are here and quilting -- hope all is better with you now.
My first quilt was made in 1971 for DD -- poofy poly batting and flannel. It did not survive the love it got.
06-29-2011, 10:18 PM
#126
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Okay, here goes! A friend took me to a quilt show 3 years ago on the 4th of July. I thought this kit looked good for a beginner since there were no seams to match up. I used her tools and she showed me how to use a rotary cutter, ruler, etc. I watched YouTube videos on how to do the binding and how to free motion quilt. (I didn't know it was supposed to be difficult!) There was a block left from each fabric so I made the 2nd quilt. My mom showed me how to do sashing. I showed both of these quilts in a quilt show a month after I bought the kit.
06-30-2011, 02:59 AM
#127
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Originally Posted by Maria C
Wow. This was really fun to look at all your quilts. My very first quilt was one I made under duress. i had a quilting friend who felt sure I would love quilting so she gave me a set of I Spy squares and I made a quilt for my then 8 year old son. I said the entire way through that I didn't think I was ever going to make another quilt. Too fussy and I was too perfectionist. I finished it and then loved it on his bed and he adored it so I then made my second quilt but really my first quilt that I chose to make from the book The Quilt Makers Gift. The friendship star. I chose the pattern and colour shceme so that feels like my first quilt. I tied the I spy quilt as too terrified to do anything else and hand quilted around the friendship star and tied the rest. Don't do much hand stuff now though. So I haven't looked back. Great to see all the work.
06-30-2011, 04:16 AM
#128
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I can't even remember what my first quilt was! I'm sure it was something for a baby or child, either given away or worn out by one of my (then) babies... and I certainly didn't have a digital camera or computer back then, so no pics... :cry:
Some of the quilts in this thread certainly don't look like firsts! We have some naturally talented people here.
Some of the quilts in this thread certainly don't look like firsts! We have some naturally talented people here.
06-30-2011, 05:48 AM
#129
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Originally Posted by purple_butterfly
WOW! I am totally floored by some of these first quilts :shock:
Here are my meager offerings. I divided a few fat quarter packs and made 2. I had the packs for a few years before I was brave enough to cut them :oops:
Here are my meager offerings. I divided a few fat quarter packs and made 2. I had the packs for a few years before I was brave enough to cut them :oops:
06-30-2011, 10:02 AM
#130
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Location: Maryland
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My first "real" quilt was an easy Thimbleberries pattern that I still really like. I made it for my then teenage son who is now 26. My younger son now uses it so it has had plenty of use and still looks pretty good. I stitched in the ditch and there were lots of bunched up places, but boys don't care!
I had made a couple of trip round the world throws for picnic use before this one that I don't have pictures of- but this is what i count as my first quilt- and still LOVE making them.
This has been a fun thread, it is amazing the variety of skills shown.
I had made a couple of trip round the world throws for picnic use before this one that I don't have pictures of- but this is what i count as my first quilt- and still LOVE making them.
This has been a fun thread, it is amazing the variety of skills shown.
Thimbleberries pattern-Sticks and Stones
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