So in that lovely box, I found remants and pieces of fabric, 9 in all and I decided to go for it. I was going to make the quilt with my Blue Jean Teddy Bear fabric. It took me 3 days, but I busted out the steps and got l caught up.
Monday, May 17, 2010
First Quilt Ever
My favorite craft blog in the world is Obsessively Stitching. She is so creative and most of the projects are inexpensive which is always a plus. A few weeks ago she started a tutorial called "First Quilt Ever". I wanted to join, but I was barely managing to brush my teeth every day and take care of Landon let alone start a pieced quilt. About 2 weeks into the tutorial, I felt the craft itch really, really strong. It was rainy Saturday and Ryan was watching Landon. I started looking through my many, many boxes of fabric to see if I could find fabric in a box that would work. And then I the idea came. Back in 2001 when we first started trying to get pregnant, the Blue Jean Teddy Bear was really popular. Every fabric store had tons of fabric. And I bought it up a little here, a little there, and little more over there. And I ended up with an entire box of Blue Jean Teddy Bear Fabric. Back in 2001 when I had no idea it would take more than 3 months to get pregnant, Ryan and I hand quilted a Blue Jean Teddy Bear baby quilt. (I know, I made Ryan help me...) A quilt to be used for our first baby. And then I made bumper pads. Now I have about 4 or 5 Blue Jean Teddy Bear quilts put away waiting to be used. Plus I have a box full of coordinating fabric. I've match it up and have 7 more Blue Jean Teddy Bear quilts ready to be made.
And there it sits, in my craft room, waiting for the border (which I need to take a picture of it pieced together). I got distracted with several other projects while I was waiting for the next step on Obsessively Stitching. And I just haven't made it back to it yet. And partly because I'm scared. I don't want to mess it up. I worked so hard on it and it looks so good, I'm afraid I'll ruin it when I start the dreaded machine quilting.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Do it! Do it!! You can do it!!! :o) How's that for a cheering section?
Don't be intimidated; the quilting really isn't all that bad! Come check out the flickr group -- there are a few finished quilts there, with first attempts at quilting, and they are FABULOUS!
You can do it!! :oD
Congrats! It looks so fun! Cant wait to see the finished quilt!
i know - it's scary! my seam ripper gets way too much attention around here. but if you don't jump in, you never get to the finished quilt! go for it!
Post a Comment