I figured with all of grandmothers or as it seems to turning out great- grandmothers stuff to finish I had better figure out what I was doing LOL. Absolutly no pressure here :shock:
This is completly hand sewn- except for the outer borders I didnt know how to use a machine until recently- about 6 months now- and I finally finished putting the borders on a couple months ago

Very nice job. Doesn't it feel good to complete something?

I had absolutely NO CLUE what I was doing LOL- I started the block field in Jan of 2003- it took me at least 2 or 3 yrs I dont remember after I learned to use my sewing machine the outer border were less overbearing but i still had to hand mitre.

Beautiful work! Thumbs up to you for your hand sewing!

Beautiful!

Fantastic :thumbup:

Nice work!

Awesome!!! I love that it was hand stitched, too!!! :D:D:D

Beautiful!!!

Lovely work, I love the little splashes of plaid in the blocks.
Gal

IMHO you bought the absolutely best book to learn how to quilt from. The sampler from that book was my first quilt too! But I did not piece by hand. I did hand quilt it though.

It is really pretty, and I think it is great that you tried the handstitching first. I tried it when my mom was "trying " to teach me how to quilt ( she felt that was something I just had to know). Well, I congratulate you in your success, I failed big time. It's me and the machine now if I piece anything.

Did you name it beginners luck? That wasn't luck, that shows a lot of talent!!!I am impressed!!! :thumbup:

Ditter

Wow, Awesome quilt, Great Job!!!

That is a very pretty sampler quilt. It's a great way to get familiar with lots of blocks. You did an absolutely wonderful job on it. Thanks for sharing with us.

Very nice. :thumbup:

I noticed "miss sp" your use of striped and plaid fabric. It takes a lot of confidence to do that. I have only just learned that you can use it and it look good. I don't have any granbabys but I am old enough for them. To me every Qt I do is a learning experiance. I admire your quilt. I only just learn that machine & hand applique are a lot of fun. Streight hand sewing my stitches are to big-long. Great Qt, looking forward to seeing you next Qt. Theresse

ok not its time for me to sound stupid lol - what does "miss sp" mean??? ~ Lee

there are reasons other than it being my 'first' why I named this quilt top "Beginners Luck". The book I used called for a specific amount of several different coordinating fabrics and I scrapped the whole quilt! I had several differant blues I used for backgrounds and I alternated these in a cycle as I went through the book in order- well the final layout of the top according to the instructions was not in the order that they were pieced!
Also I had no clue about printed fabric, plaids, solid, hots,colds, any of the fabric rules and color rules- i was dumb and still am -although I'm for enough along to pay attention to these things even though I still dont "get" alot of it. This whole quilt top was a complete guess- I just picked the scrap fabric I wanted to use for each template and connected them LOL ~ Lee

Oh, but it is wonderful! I have been quilting less than a year and I love it! I am getting better with each project. I just hope I get as good as Y'all!

omg you did a beautiful job. First one no machine just beautiful

Great Job!

That's really pretty! Great job!

Some times when I'm writing, I can't remember how to spell 'thats the sp'. other time words just don't look right, no matter how often I change it, a word 'wont' look right to me. My problem I spell like I pronounce a word, thats the way my head said it should be said. The older I get the worst my spelling gets. So have a laugh on me. I don't mind Theresse

Great job!

Absolutely beautiful!! Thanks for sharing this.

What a very beautiful quilt and all done by hand!!!