Just finished my first quilt. Featuring.... dogs!
01-04-2025, 03:42 AM
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2024
Location: E.Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 17
Congratulations pendles, you did a lovely job on your first quilt. The first of anything is always the scariest.
The diagonal wavy lines look very nicely spaced, and your binding corners are perfect! El Cheapo machines can work very well, it's usually the operator that makes the errors, ggg.
The quilters on this board are very helpful, I have learned a lot over the last few years by just "lurking", taking notice and then "Doing".Once you are hooked, there's no going back, I have the stash to prove it.
Waving from "Downunder".
The diagonal wavy lines look very nicely spaced, and your binding corners are perfect! El Cheapo machines can work very well, it's usually the operator that makes the errors, ggg.
The quilters on this board are very helpful, I have learned a lot over the last few years by just "lurking", taking notice and then "Doing".Once you are hooked, there's no going back, I have the stash to prove it.
Waving from "Downunder".
01-04-2025, 03:54 AM
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 3,362
What a great quilt! I am so glad you were able to use some of the advice shared on the board. The picture of you with the ironing board is fabulous! But I really like the quilt! Getting the dogs to face the right way and the care you took to keep your corners aligned are impressive. If you had not said it was your first quilt, I wouldn't have known because it is well put together. Yay! Welcome to the board.
Be sure to add a label to the back of the quilt so no one will forget you made it and when you made it.
Be sure to add a label to the back of the quilt so no one will forget you made it and when you made it.
01-04-2025, 04:17 AM
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
Posts: 9,462
Yes, yes, yes congratulations on your first quilt! Well done and fun to boot. All I can say is a big WOOF, WOOF.
I absolutely agree that you should label this one and those that you give to specific people: your full name, (Not Aunt whatever,) date your finished the quilt, and location if you wish. Some folks add a message or the name/source of the quilt pattern. That is up to you. Lots of organizations such as hospitals, nursing homes, Project Linus will accept your donated quilts but not if there is a name or other identifying information on the quilt. What I do is finish the quilt except for one corner. Then I can add the label or stitch down the binding on that final corner when it is time to gift, give away or donate.
Keep at it and keep showing us your successes and always, always have fun with your new found hobby, passion and pastime. But be careful you may become as obsessed as many of us on the Quilting Board.
I absolutely agree that you should label this one and those that you give to specific people: your full name, (Not Aunt whatever,) date your finished the quilt, and location if you wish. Some folks add a message or the name/source of the quilt pattern. That is up to you. Lots of organizations such as hospitals, nursing homes, Project Linus will accept your donated quilts but not if there is a name or other identifying information on the quilt. What I do is finish the quilt except for one corner. Then I can add the label or stitch down the binding on that final corner when it is time to gift, give away or donate.
Keep at it and keep showing us your successes and always, always have fun with your new found hobby, passion and pastime. But be careful you may become as obsessed as many of us on the Quilting Board.
01-04-2025, 04:31 AM
#15
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Posts: 2,814
Your first quilt is special. It will always be The First One! Yours is amazing. I absolutely did not know what I was doing when I decided to cut squares and sew them into a quilt! One at a time. I did not think to cut strips, etc.!
As everyone has said, Welcome to quilting, and I can't wait to see your next one.
As everyone has said, Welcome to quilting, and I can't wait to see your next one.
01-05-2025, 06:18 AM
#19
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 5,614
Congratulations on your first, but definitely not your last. It is easy to get hooked as your skills and ideas fill your mind. Family makes an obvious recipient but there are tons of needs out there through charities. I learned to do free motion quilting by outlining areas on panels, then donating them to children with cancer. It helped me with control and speed to keep my stitches consistent. I love your wavy diagonal lines and there is a lot you can do with a walking foot. I also love how you placed your fabrics and your perfect execution. I hope to never stop advancing my skills and have been doing it for over 15 years.
