The Saturday after Thanksgiving I went to our local quilt store "The Quilted Heart" because they were having a 50% off sale on all their fabric. You had to buy a minimum of one yard but since I am a smart lady I bought a bag full of pieces of flannel that were a kit for a quilt. I didn't use them for the quilt in the kit but used them to make this quilt. Here is a picture of the almost finished quilt. I used crochet cotton to quilt it and made my quilting stitches big (about 1/2 inch).
Here I am ready to sew the squares together. I actually started sewing them like this but discovered they were supposed to be sewn together with each block turned 1/4 of the way around.
Here are all the squares laid out on the bed in my "studio/guest room." When I first started laying it out I was mixing colors in each square. I did not like how it looked so I began mixing fabrics that were the same color to make each square. The squares looked much nicer. For the binding of the quilt I sewed strips of each fabric I used in the quilt together. I like the look of the mixture of fabrics on the edge of the quilt. (I am not smart-I did not take a picture of the finished quilt and I gave it to my daughter at her baby shower.)
The Saturday after Thanksgiving I went to our local quilt store "The Quilted Heart" because they were having a 50% off sale on all their fabric. You had to buy a minimum of one yard but since I am a smart lady I bought a bag full of pieces of flannel that were a kit for a quilt. I didn't use them for the quilt in the kit but used them to make this quilt. Here is a picture of the almost finished quilt. I used crochet cotton to quilt it and made my quilting stitches big (about 1/2 inch).
Here I am ready to sew the squares together. I actually started sewing them like this but discovered they were supposed to be sewn together with each block turned 1/4 of the way around.
Here are all the squares laid out on the bed in my "studio/guest room." When I first started laying it out I was mixing colors in each square. I did not like how it looked so I began mixing fabrics that were the same color to make each square. The squares looked much nicer. For the binding of the quilt I sewed strips of each fabric I used in the quilt together. I like the look of the mixture of fabrics on the edge of the quilt. (I am not smart-I did not take a picture of the finished quilt and I gave it to my daughter at her baby shower.)
It was great to see your email, thanks a lot for the note on your blog. You have a great and beautiful talent. I am so glad to see people that not only executes with such mastery, but also who passes it on. I'll be following your blog. Thanks again.
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