My very first quilt - 1982
 

I found it!!! Cleaning the attic for first time in 18 years...thanks to the winter that trashed our house...so happy to have found it!

I made it for my daughter Ali before she was born, to fit an antique white wicker bassinet I had been given. I made matching bumpers for it and tied them on with little ribbons. I remember carefully thinking out the pattern to look basket-weave. I cut with scissors and went somewhat by the Michael James (?) book from years ago for instruction.

I never quilted another thing, or gave it a thought, until I made a quilt on the spur of the moment as a baby gift 4 years ago, and I have been quilting ever since. This is a happy reunion for me. And it's better constructed than I had imagined! LOL

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aww how nice!!!

How nice to find after all this time. A treasure for sure.

what a great find

Congratulations. The seed was planted and now you are enjoying the fruits. Great quilt.

Glad you found it and it looks great for a first quilt!!!!

really nice baby quilt

Wow that is a blast to the past. Glad you found it.

it's great to find an old quilt, especially when you made it. great construction.
a true lasting treasure

That's a wonderful first quilt! What a happy find.

Leslie