My first commissioned quilt!
 

I made a quilt as a baby shower gift that I gave last month, and one of the women at the shower loved it and asked me to make something for her. She offered to pay for it, but since I'm so new to quilting I didn't feel right making a profit on her. She paid for the materials and picked the pattern, and I made it up for her. I'm so excited about how it turned out - I think it's so cute! I'll give it to her this week, so I hope she loves it. It is going to be a comforter for her daughter's toddler bed when she outgrows her crib. I had some leftover material, so I made a little pillow to go with. This is my 4th quilt ever, and my first attempt at stitch in the ditch quilting. Thanks for looking!

Great job for your fourth quilt. Stitch in the ditch is the safest way for me to quilt since I haven't spent any time practicing free motion yet. Have tried a little but prefer piecing a quilt more. She is sure to love it. What a generous gift.

That is darling. You did a great job! Sandy 64

lovely! what is the name of that pattern? looks like you did a great job!

It's a beauty. I love it and I bet she will too.

That is a darling quilt. You did a beautiful job.
I am sure she will be thrilled !

Thanks everyone!

Nancia, it is the Crackle pattern by Aneela Hooey. But, I will be honest, I didn't buy the pattern because it was easy enough to see how it was done just by looking at the picture. It's a layer cake pattern, and you essentially cut the layer cake squares into 6 pieces, and then rearrange the cut up pieces to form the squares in the quilt (there are 5 going across the bottom in the last picture, so you can see what a "square" is). It was actually really easy to put together! I love that every time I look at it I focus on different squares - sometimes I see the actual blocks, sometimes I see on point big squares, sometimes I see stars - I feel like it that plus the cute Walk in the Woods prints will be fun for a toddler!

You did a great job - and that was an ambitious pattern. SID is actually not that easy, so if you can do that well, you should try some other designs too. Have you ever gone to Leah Day's site? It has many many designs, from beginner to advanced. You can google her and it will come up.

Your friend should be thrilled with the results.

Well done on a great quilt. I love the pattern - everytime I look at I see something different.

Wildly better than MY 4th quilt. You did very well with this.

This is so cute! You did a great job with it.

How pretty and cheerful!

very nicely done!

I love this quilt! You did a fine job on it and she should be very happy with it!

nice job and colors

I hope u addes your label with your name on it? I think people like having labels for references. And I love your quilt. Very generous of you.

You did a great job, Very pretty

nice soft colours

very nice...I love the colors/fabric...looks llike candy or ice cream

It is a beautiful quilt. You really did nice work on this quilt, its addorable.

This is sooo cute on all accounts. I love the colors and pattern. How clever to make a pillow for her too. Some little girl is just going to love it.

great job!!!!

That is so cute. You did a wonderful job on it. Congratulations. What is the pattern name? I really like it. Thanks for sharing.

Your quilt looks great and you did an excellent job.

Congrats on a wonderful quilt.....you are a fast learner!

Very snuggily sweet!

A sweet quilt. No wonder she likes it.

Thanks! It is Crackle by Aneela Hooey. It looks complex, but was actually pretty simple!

From the looks of this beautiful quilt, I think it's time you started charging....before word gets out and you're swamped w requests!!

Wonderful. She will love it.

Beautiful, just beautiful!! I hope she gives you a generous tip!!!

Very pretty, very pretty colors too. . Great 4th quilt. She will be very pleased with it.

It's beautiful. You should have let your friend pay you for your time. I wouldn't consider compensation for your time to be "profit".

great quilt ... love the fabric choice

Great job! Nice pattern. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, you may be new to quilting but you do wonderful wonderful work.

It is lovely, but isn't your time, expertise and effort worth something? Too many of us sell ourselves short. If you are going to be in the "commissioned quilts" business, you need to charge accordingly. I am a longarm quilter and when I first began that was the hardest thing for me to figure out...how to charge accordingly. Some said I charged too much, other longarmers complained I was too cheap...I finally settled on a price and stuck to it. In your case, you are doing an extremely large amount of work. When I am commissioned to make a quilt "from the ground up"...meaning I do it ALL, I charge per square inch of quilt and make sure they know what it is going to cost before they leave my home. Of course, this is rare, usually I just quilt them, but please, do not sell yourself short! Your time and effort are worth money, and most of us devalue ourselves. Your quilt is beautiful and I am sure you will be getting many more jobs, let's just hope this lady does not spread the word about the deal she got so that others expect it also. I am not trying to offend anyone here, just hate to see anyone not get their worth. Just my .02 worth.

Very nicely done. You did a good job. Keep quilting :)

Such a pretty quilt, good job! I like the fabric you selected for the binding,

Great job...they will love it and cherish it!!!