I wish I could hand quilt like that NOW after about 8 years practice!!! :D

I'm so sorry about your arthritis - all the women on my mother's side end up with arthritis in their hands so I'm really hoping I got my hand genes from my Dad!

K x

WOW! Some fantastic first time results!! I have no idea where mo first quilt would be... gave it to an old boyfriend and both he and the quilt disappeared about 30 years ago!

But I do have a sweet little crib quilt that I made for Ryan when he was born 26 years ago. It is hand-embroidered alphabet squares. I'll look and see if it is in his closet and take a pic of it... when I get out of bed. The laptop and I are snuggled away for the day. My first illness since retiring... sore throat and cough.

My favorite sore throat cure before I stopped drinking: hot tea with lemon and rum or scotch! It worked, but it gave me migraines, so now I use Airborne, Theraflu or Sudafed.

Quiltncrazy, I have to smile when I read your comment. I was 18yrs. old and was in a Woolworth's store that no longer exists and I was looking for some pillowcases to embroider. Saw a package of squares to do instead and I said sure why not!!! Little did I know it would take me over 2 years. I found it at my Mom's this past week cleaning out my hope chest to leave with my DD. I had to laugh when I looked at the picture before I posted it. Up until then I had never realized that I didn't do complete borders around all the squares and I used a 2" border to bind. Oh boy was I a novice quilter or what. Live and learn from my mistakes was something my Mom would say. LOL :wink:

If you could see a very close up shot of the hand quilting you would nod your head and say that's nice........ LOL..... I'm smiling because my first quilt stitches I did according to the dots on the square. I thought they had to be sewn from dot to dot!!!LOL The dots were over 1/4 inch apart!!!LOL Like I said. This quilt was a definite learning experience!!!

My first quilt is the one pictured in my avatar sorry i dont have pics of it to post here at this moment thay are still in my old laptop, but this is the one that got me started and got me to finding this site this was one i made for a co-workers wife before mothers day he wanted to surprise her and it all turned out very well beyond that i made a small throw pillow and a curtain that mathces this quilt for them. chris

Gk, your first quilt reminds me of some old song:
stars shining brightly above you,
Birds whispering, ......I love you,
something, something.
Dream a little dream of me. :D

I like those stars! Did you happen to name it?

Well my first effort wasn´t really a quilt but a wall hanging, here it is anyway, it was a kit I bought, was that kimono of hers ever a pain.

Second photo is my first quilt.

Elle

Both are beautiful.

First is beautiful, and second very bautiful.