Good job. It looks great! I'd use blue for the binding.

That's very pretty!

This speaks so well of what a great mother you are---there is no higher compliment than our children's realization of the impact we have made on their lives. Congrats to you, mom!!!

Your daughter's quilt is wonderful---I downloaded the picture so that I could zoom in on it some and discovered you used rocket fabrics!!! How cute! I would love for you to show several close up pics. How about a close up of one of the blocks-especially the one where you have something written in the corner. I would love to see how you hand quilted it too. It is no wonder that your daughter looks up to you---your first quilt is a major accomplishment--congrats!!!!

Thanks for the compliment, Marcia.

I've decided on red binding, I liked the idea of the red then the blue, but I'm a little afraid to try something like that on the quilt without some practice first on something smaller. I haven't done any kind of borders yet.

So, I'll be sure and post some close-ups when it is done. I've made the binding and I have it ready to put on, but it may take me a couple of weeks.

Of course, if I post close-ups you'll be able to see all the imperfections in the blocks. I cut the thing out with scissors, and I learned A LOT about matching corners in the process. I think over all my seams were just too big and it is not without some cut-off pointy parts. I was using an old quilting pamphlet, and looking back on what I have learned (I have lots more books now) the information in the pamphlet was sketchy at best.

I embroidered the info onto some Aida cloth that I had, then washed the embroidery, then incorporated it into one of the blocks.

I used light blue thread for the hand quilting, and a muslin back. I know I should have picked a fabric that would hide the imperfect stitches that happened while I was learning, but I decided that it was sort of a history, and that it was ok to show what exactly happened.

Besides, my quilt shop was out of white quilting thread. :shock:

Sounds like you are progressing well!

Good job! Don't worry about "imperfections" ... if you can't see it at twenty yards, going twenty miles an hour, it really isn't there!

I think it is a good thing to start as basic as possible ... when you know how to do the very basic and continue to advance, you have a better concept of how perfectly wonderful the additional tools are.

motomom - re borders. Can't remember if anyone has told you this already. Check the tutorials on the main page for borders. Basic border rule of thumb: don't measure the edges; measure the CENTER of the quilt vertically. Use this measurement for the vertical borders - pin and ease if necessary. Then measure the CENTER horizontally. Use this measurement for the horizontal borders. Pin and ease if necessary. This is how you get borders that aren't wavey. Good luck, and have fun!

I agree.

Your first quilt??? :shock: Wow. Great work! I think red binding would look nice.

Pretty!!! Pretty!!! I can't wait for you to post those close up pics...I want to see your beautiful hand work!!

I love the quilt!! your daughter will also. As for the binding, I say on this quilt it is whatever makes the quilt pop.