WOW, you did a remarkable job on this "over my head" project. You are no longer a beginner!! This wallhanging is absolutely beautiful and you should be extremely proud of yourself. I have been a quilter for 30 years and do not think I would have attempted this project even with my experience.

Congratulations and keep challenging yourself, no telling how far you will be able to go in the quilting arena.

Your Awesome :-P And nobody would know there are mistakes, I can't see any unless you point them out. You should be very Proud.

Amazing, what you did as a beginner. You are an expert on this process already. Great job.

Now that is GREAT!

You also give me hope that I too can learn to paper piece as well!

The sky is the limit if "that" is the kind of project you start out with-------I am waiting to see what you do next! :mrgreen:

(your husband is a keeper for being so supportive......mine is too and I'm so thankful!)

Wow, that turned out great. You did a wonderful job. Thanks for sharing with us.

Wow it is beautiful. You did great.

Woohoo! Well, thats the way you really learn things...jump in the deep water :wink: You did an outstanding job!

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

Wow, I'm happy for you! 8-)

I think you did an amazing job. You can be proud of yourself for sticking with it!

You did a beautiful job! Can't wait to see more!

:mrgreen: Your compliments are very much appreciated, and make me want to buy another one of her patterns. I just better finish the stuff I am working on first. :lol:
Thanks all for the nice words.

Great Job! Love the pattern and your challenge. That is a good way to learn new things. Hooray for your preserverance.

Congrats on your stick-to-itiveness!! I'm not at all sure I could have hung in there. Well done! It's beautiful and anyone would be proud to hang it on their wall.

My, you chose a rather complicated looking pattern for your first attempt. Congrats on a nice finish!

This Grandma is so proud of you, on several levels.

#1) You did not throw it out the window.
Lesson from Grandma: when you reach your threshold of patience, take a break, walk away and come back after a cup of soothing Chamomile tea, or if it's even worse than that, next week. Just come back.

#2) You have a wonderfully supportive man in your life, who by the way, is proud of what you accomplish, even if it is not perfect. He is worth keeping.

#3) I am proud of you for NOT deciding once was enough for a lifetime, now that you have discovered that it was intermediate, the beginner ones are next...you may discover they feel a bit boring in comparison.

#4) You could hang your Welcome quilt in my home anytime, and I would not even see the imperfections. We are always either or best supporters or our worst critics...and sometimes it is both.

Thank you for posting and sharing with us.

I am a rebel. At a judged quilt show they held in our area, I put some of my real best work, but I also put some easy stuff, including a cheater panel that I had done some very fine hand work on...so that new or potentially new quilters could think to themselves, "I could do that" and not feel so overwhelmed they would never begin. When I was teaching school, piecework, tying and quilting were part of my math class for the elementary age children. We only did our sewing/quilting on Friday, and only if they had gotten their work done for the week.
Teach them young, they will feel confident and by the time they are old enough to notice it is not good work, it will be better.

If you did this well on your first, and worked through all the issues, someday I can see women ogling over your quilts and inventive techniques at a grand quilt show. Honest. Grandma would not lie to you. :-)

You all are so kind, thanks for the nice comments.

Grandma12, I love Chamomile tea :D

What a beautiful quilt! You have so much to be proud of and it inspires us all. I think I will look at Cynthia England's site again. I love her designs and you have shown me what can be done! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Congrats on the beautiful wall hanging. You did a great job. Kudos to you for hanging in there I think it was worth it.

You did a fantastic job on it and congratulations on having the fortitude to stay with it. I wouldn't have even attempted to do that pattern.

You did a great job! I love it! and you are an inpiration to many.
Grandma12, those are very insightful comments. It was helpful to many of us, I am sure!

LOve,Love,Love that little birdie welcome quilt!