Follow-up on First Quilt & Lessons Learned
 

I was here about a year ago asking for advice on machine quilting my first quilt top - a baby quilt to be gifted to a dear friend. Just wanted to come back and share photos of the finished project!

I ended up using basting spray and machine quilted using a walking foot on my vintage New Home. I was pleasantly surprised to have no issues with bunching or puckering; everything was nice and smooth before it crinkled up in the wash! Mostly I just did SITD but I added a star-type motif in the open tan squares. That was the most challenging on my little machine due to pivoting in different directions.

A couple things I learned: (1) Square up half-square triangle blocks. I didn't do this and ended up with some not-so-perfect points. I did square up on my second quilt and it came together much better - though the squaring up process was pretty tedious. (2) Machine binding is easy and fun! I tend to be someone who gets projects 90% done and then they sit. I was dreading the whole binding process but I was under the gun to get the quilt done before Christmas. Turns out, I really enjoy machine binding (followed techniques in a couple online tutorials) and it went super quick. So nice to actually finish something completely and ship it off to a new home!

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you did a great job!

You did a great job.

really good!
thank you for taking the time to come back and show us your progress!!!

That is a really great baby quilt. You did a great job! I hope it gave you incentive to keep quilting!

Wonderful quilt. I love how your border fabric pulls all the colors together. I also like how your neutral background color wasn't white. Great job quilting too. I bet the expectant mom loved the quilt!! On to the next!

What a lively pattern and colors. Good job. I am impressed by your quilting, as that motif calls for a lot of turning !

Beautiful colors! My first quilt was also a baby quilt for my niece -- it's a great starter. Then I started making more for friends and relatives. My piece of advice -- don't wait ten years til you make something for yourself!

It's absolutely beautiful. You did a wonderful job!<button id="tw_schedule_btn" style="padding: 4px 6px; position: absolute; left: 141px; top: 840px; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(240, 240, 240)); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: rgb(95, 95, 95); cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px; white-space: nowrap; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; font-size: 11px; z-index: 8675309; display: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Schedule</button>

beautiful quilt