Would you give your first quilt...
#12
As a gift?
Here are is my dilemma: I am still finishing my first quilt that is not a rag quilt. My intention was to gift it to my husband's co-worker who just found out they were expecting. I am not too thrilled with the results... I used a few cheap fabrics, which in turn stretched and also ironed it a few times before learning you are to press the pieces, not iron. So some squares are off, my straight line quilting is a little wonky and I haven't even started binding. I feel it looks okay for a first quilt, just not sure how I feel about it being a gift.
What would you do? Give it or keep it for practice?
Here are is my dilemma: I am still finishing my first quilt that is not a rag quilt. My intention was to gift it to my husband's co-worker who just found out they were expecting. I am not too thrilled with the results... I used a few cheap fabrics, which in turn stretched and also ironed it a few times before learning you are to press the pieces, not iron. So some squares are off, my straight line quilting is a little wonky and I haven't even started binding. I feel it looks okay for a first quilt, just not sure how I feel about it being a gift.
What would you do? Give it or keep it for practice?
#13
Personally, I would keep my first quilt, no matter what. I like knowing that I have the first quilt I made. It was quite an accomplishment, I thought, though, looking back at it now, it is sort of primitive. Still, I like having it.
I was told by a quilter when I started to keep my first quilt and to keep track of how many quilts I had made by writing the current number on my calendar. I have heard many quilters wonder how many quilts they had made, and, thanks to that advice, I know how many I have made...and I have my first quilt. I am on quilt 74 and I still learn something on each quilt I make.
Dina
I was told by a quilter when I started to keep my first quilt and to keep track of how many quilts I had made by writing the current number on my calendar. I have heard many quilters wonder how many quilts they had made, and, thanks to that advice, I know how many I have made...and I have my first quilt. I am on quilt 74 and I still learn something on each quilt I make.
Dina
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Thank you for all of your opinions. The recipients aren't very close to us personally so what GrannieAnnie said is one of my fears: a poor excuse for a gift. I see it as a labor of love but others may not! I think I will hold onto it. Maybe I will start another an diff I am done before said bundle arrives, great. It not, it's off to to find a onesie to wrap up.
Thanks again everyone.
Thanks again everyone.
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I would keep it. Sounds like you have enough time to make another. Like other suggestions there are all kinds of patterns for baby quilts. Some very simple and absolutely precious. just Google quilts for babies/infants/children!
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#19
I kept my first quilt/wall hanging and I am so glad I did. When I compare the third and fourth quilts I have made to it I know it was a good decision! Keep the first one for posterity and make another one later. I have the first one I made hanging up on the wall in my sewing area to remind me how far I have come. If I posted a picture of it you would laugh and laugh.
#20
I made my first quilt for a co-worker's daughter, so in case I decided I didn't like the quilting experience (and 4 years later, we can see how THAT turned out) and it turned out horribly, I didn't have to worry about ever having to see it again.
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