judord

My first quilt was made in 1976. It was just patchwork 6" blocks made of all the fabric scraps I had saved from the clothes I had made for my family since 1959. I then put white backing on it and had everyone sign their names on it and then Tri-Chemed them for posterity. It was great.
Judy

IBQUILTIN

My first quilt is still here on the rack in the living room. A very drab log cabin. It makes me laugh. After that I did a Southwest pattern that was really above my skill level and from there there is no end

MargeD

My very first quilt was a cheater panel my sister gave me. I knew nothing to very little about quilting, sooo I used a poly batting between two pieces of an old mattress pad, then a backing. I'm just glad that my Kenmore liked to sew on heavy fabrics, as it certainly was heavy. However, my daughter loved taking it outside to spread out and play with her Barbies. But my first "real" quilt was a pinwheel made from a Georgia Bonesteel Spinning Spools pattern. I'd seen an ad in a quilt magazine and ordered it - every month or so I would get a pattern, along with the plastic templates to go into a binder. My daughter saw the pinwheel quilt and liked it, so we went and bought fabric, pink,lavendar and aqua. I hand quilted hearts on it, my one and only hand quilted quilt,which she plans to give to our DGD some day. I have literally no idea how many quilts I have made over the years, but it's a lot as I started in the mid 80's. It's the one hobby that I have continued to enjoy for over 25 years.

gramquilter2

My first quilt was a machine embroidered "All Star Kids" twin quilt for my granddaughter. I believe I made 9 quilts the first two years I started quilting. All had machine embroidered blocks.

Shrink42020

My first quilt was a Yellow Brick Road in browns and neutals that I gave to my husband since he liked it so much!

2blackcats

My first quilt was a baby quilt for my niece in 2011. So happy I found such an enjoyable hobby for my retirement and this great place to share with fellow quilters.

quilter2theend

My first quilt from start to finish was started in 1999 and finished in 2004. It was a star variation quilt for my daughter, started when she graduated high school, finished when she graduated from college. To allisonquilts that quilt you described sure sounds beautiful, do you still have it?

kakels

I always wanted to quilt. But I live in a small town and didn't know where to go. I even bought a quilting for dummies book, but couldn't figure out all the terminology. Then about 3 years ago I heard abut the technical college having starting an artisan center in my small town. I checked it out and started taking classes. I am still in open lab classes, and enjoy the social time of quilting. My teacher has everone start with a log cabin. Here is a picture of my first log cabin and the heart was the first thing I did by myself.

heronfan

My first was a vogue pattern of a clothes line. I have been a sewer for a long time and wanted to make a quilt for my new baby in 1979. I asked every female on both sides of our family for some sort of fabric that I could use. Some sent handkerchiefs, some sent blouses. One even sent a skirt. It is still my favorite quilt. It's been well used by my 4 children and now I'm getting ready to pass it down.

hperttula123

my first real quilt on my own was when I was about 16. I made it out of vintage fabrics and added crocheted butterflies I got at a thift store to it. It was pretty cool. I gave it away to one of my friends. It was just basic squares.