For the next meeting of the Quilt Guild, we're supposed to have a mini quilt for a blind swap. This kind of freaks me out for a few reasons...
1. I've never made a quilt, and my sewing experience is very limited, so I'm a little intimidated to make something that someone is going to actually take home.
2. The colors and fabrics I chose to put together are kind of weird. I'm a little worried that the person who gets mine won't like it. At all.
3. Did I mention that I've never quilted before? Do you know what that entails? It's a pretty serious project for me, even if it is just a "mini quilt."
Anyways, all I have left to do on it is the binding. All. Yeah right - that's the scariest part for me! So we'll see how that goes.
I started it on Sunday, getting all my pieces cut out and I actually was able to get them all sewn together for the front and the back. This part I can handle.
Monday, I began the quilting part. I went to Joann's to get some batting, and when I got home, during the girl's naps (thank goodness for same-time napping), I basted it all together, and I actually started quilting it.
I decided to do a grid quilt. It seemed simple enough - you just put a piece of painter's tape starting in the center of the quilt, from corner to corner. Sew a line on either side of the tape. Move the tape and just keep going. Once all the lines are sewn going one direction, do it the other direction.
I finished one direction Monday night.
Today (Wednesday) I finished the other direction.
For the most part, I'm happy with the quilting part. There was minimal puckering of fabric, which I was pretty worried about. The lines aren't perfectly straight, but they're pretty good.
Now the part I'm dreading. Binding. Keep your fingers crossed.
Anyways, here's a sneak peak at it. I don't want to give the whole thing away, in the off-chance the future owner of it is checking out this blog (I doubt it, but it's possible).
Oh, Kelly!! It's SUPER AWESOME!! whoever gets it will be so impressed that this is your first!
ReplyDeleteYou are a ROCK STAR!!! :-)