My Quilt!

Here is a picture of the very first quilt I ever made. I took a beginner's quilting class almost 2 years ago, when I didn't even own or know how to operate a sewing machine. I just always wanted to learn how to quilt. I was very intimidated at first when there was all this quilt-lingo flying around. I had no idea what the term "seam allowance" meant. Anyway, I pressed forward and with the help of a great teacher (Roxanne Eneroth), I fell in love with quilting. So I have had this quilt for nearly two years and finally got around to taking it to a local quilt shop to have it professionally quilted. I didn't want to attempt to do it myself, because I am a perfectionist and I wanted this to actually look good.

I had them do the "trailing stars" pattern, which I am trying to show you here. I thought that would be fitting since the fabric has stars all over it. All I need to do now is get the binding on and then I can display it. I was thrilled with how it turned out. I will probably end up posting a final picture once that happens.

another passion

Several years ago I took an interest in quilting, or quilts rather. Something about them just made me love them. I thought it would be really cool to learn how to quilt, but the idea was very intimidating seeing as how I didn't have a sewing machine and didn't even know how to sew or operate a sewing machine. Anyway, last March a friend called to invite me to take a "beginner's" quilting class. I went for it and here I am a year later considering myself a "quilter". I just love quilting. This first picture is the quilt I am working on for my bed.

Close up of one of the blocks.

Last fall I joined "MODA-U" a quilting club here at my local quilt shop. Every month you get a new block and some filler blocks to do. You don't get to see them beforehand so it's all a big mystery. These are a few of the pieces of this year's MODA-U mystery quilt. It has been fun working on these projects and I'm excited to see the final product.