Kim,

You did a terrific job!! Don't you just love all the helpful gals and guys on this forum? Makes quilting a lot less scary for novices.

Keep up the good work!

Sue (also from Wisconsin)

WOW What a nice job! It has great colors!!!

Hi Bobbinwinder, I saw your I Can't Believe It's A Beginner and it is just gorgeous! Wow...love the colors and the borders and everything! I saw you mentioned "Turning Twenty" and that is the next quilt I was planning to do. I picked up a Turning Twenty baby quilt kit at one of my local quilt shops so that may be my next project. Otherwise I have a charm square table runner to try...Happy Quilting :) Kim

Great job. Thanks for sharing.

very, very nice. i really like this quilt. i am putting it on my list to make. i especially like the dark fabric along with the colors. it gives the eye a place to rest and really sets off the quilt. thanks for sharing. i, too can't believe this is your first. love the quilting also.

oh oh! YOU are a natural! MY first quilt sure didn't look like THAT! The colors POP! - I LOVE it!

Great choice of colors. I love it

Thanks so much for your nice comments. I can't take credit for the color choices though!! My husband saw the Joe Willie quilt hanging in the quilt shop (JJ Stitches in Sun Prairie) and loved the fabrics so I used the same fabrics from the kit. So the pattern designer gets all the credit for the fabric selection!! The designer is Button Stitch Design.

Good job!! I always like to see the different ways everyone does stitching in their quilts. Very pretty colors.

Very, very nice quilt. I love the colors.

very pretty great job. You go girl

Lucky man. You did a great job!

Awesome Work!!! :D:D:D
You did a wonderful job on DH's quilt!!! I can't wait to see more quilts :D:D:D

You are going to be a great quilter if this is your first quilt. Great job.

This is your first????
Wow!! Your work is beautiful!!
I can't wait to see what you do for a 2nd one! :shock:

It's beautiful more great quilts to come

Oh, I love this! I'm sure hubby will too!

I washed it and dried it tonight - so he's cuddling up with it as we speak :)

wonderful effort and I too cant believe that is your first quilt! :thumbup:

Thanks - this is too much fun! I read your posts - just quilting - about when your husband surprised you with the long arm quilter - lucky lucky!! I would take a long arm quilter over diamonds any day of the week!!! I don't know a thing about them but I "test drove" one at the Quilt Expo here and was amazed...the ultimate machine.

Very nice work for a first quilt. WTG

You rock!
Awesome job!

Very nice....
It's obvious "you have the touch" and
we'll be expecting lots more from you!
Congratulations!

Thanks! Hope you are having fun at the Olympics! Wow! I was so impressed with the ice dance team from Canada - what a wonderful performance!

It is an awesome piece! Nice job.

Can't get anybetter then this, can't wait to see your next one. :thumbup:

My thoughts exactly!!
Diamonds are you show but.....a longarm is for life & therapy!! :-D

Quilt show is the best place to test drive all the different LA's
Hoping one is in your future!!

I love the quilting technique you did, did you have a quilting bar for your machine so you could keep the lines equal distance apart

That is truly one, awesome quilt. Simple and yet very masculine. The colours are great! Your quilting and piecing is very, very good. First Quilt hmmmmmmmm, I think you have been practising LOL!

Keep up the good work, Dianne

Hi! I stitched in the ditch for the initial quilting. Then I used masking tape for the next lines intersecting the diamonds. Then I could take all the pins out and marked the lines with a Clover fine point white marker. Sounds like a "quilting bar" would have been easier...?? I'm not sure what that is but it sounds good!

I have one on my machine and it basically is a guide that after yo have quilted your first line then you use the quide as a referece, it is just a bar that is inserted in the walking foot

Beautiful quilt and really good quilting !!!

OMG that is fabulous and if you hadn't told us it was your first quilt, I would have never guessed!

Great job, love the channel stitching.

Your hubby must be so proud of you and this quilt.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

ME TOO!!!

Great quilt. If that's your first quilt you have definitely set the bar high. Can't wait to see what's next.

Very nice i love the colors.

Great job for a first time quilter...love your color choices

Very masculine looking & he'll be thrilled with it. He won't want to get out of bed & go to work now. LOL..........

Holy handbag! That's your FIRST quilt??!! Awesome!

You did great. I know he loves it too. Good job!