Second Try at Quilting

This quilt had a lot more meaning behind it then just being my second go at quilting. My Aunt who is like a second mom to me helped me with this quilt and it was being made for a very special cousin and her awesome husband for their Anniversary. 

It was such a wonderful time spent with my Aunt we laughed and joked as we had to rip seam out from not paying close attention but who cares it was all fun and that is what I have always wanted my quilting to be not a race to get something done or something that had to be done but something I could share with others and have fun doing. We had the quilt laid out on the bed when Debbie and Jason came for a visit we didn't say anything all I told her is that she could not cry because I would end up in tears too. Well you know how that end we both had tears running down our faces and laughing at the same time. This is why I make the quilts. I love seeing them getting so much joy out of them. 

I have to say that I would change one thing on this quilt if I knew then what I know now, and that is I would have never put the pictures on using the iron on transfer sheets, I would have used the Cotton Lawn that I use now. The iron on has problems sticking and then as time goes on it cracks and the pics start to chip away. With the Cotton Lawn it fades but not bad and hold up very well. Here is the link to what I use now when I add pictures to the quilt www.electricquilt.com/Shop/Printing/LawnR.asp.  

This quilt only took about a week to make once we had the fabric cut and the pictures picked out. Picking out the pictures is the hardest you want to use so many but know that you have a limited number you can place on the quilt! In the end we ended up with what you see above!

My First Quilt

My first quilt and Blaze hiding

This was my very first attempt at quilting. It was a pretty simple quilt to start with and lots of fun teaching my self how to do this. No I don't  hand quilt it is all machine quilting. A little info on this quilt and what made me attempt this project since I'm not the craftiest person there is around. I had past this fabric many time in the store thinking I would love to make something out of it but had no ideal what I would even make or what to use it for. Then a very dear friend of mine started showing me the quilts she was making and I thought I could do that. It didn't seem to hard. I had helped my mom sew when I was younger how hard could it be. Well lets just say there is more to just putting two pieces of fabric together.  You have to plan out how you want the quilt to look , keep the pieces in order and make sure that you have enough to finish the quilt you never want to have to go back and try to match your colors you may not get the same ones. I've been there, better to buy to much then not enough.

Back of my first quilt and Blaze

 I also learn the advantage of having a rotary cutter as to a pair of scissors to cut your fabric. So as you can see I made it through my first attempt and came out with a fairly nice quilt. I could sit here and point out all my mistakes but a quilter will never tell there mistakes, the learn to hide them and cover them up. :-D  I will tell one of my biggest mistakes was quilting ( well stitching in the ditch ) after I had already put the binding on but even with that big mistake I have to say I was happy with the turn out of the quilt.

Close up of the front of my first quilt

This is a little closer view of the front !