Rail Fence

Quilt #2 is finished! I used the ladder stitch on the binding.
I found this great tutorial....

The owl fabric is from the pow-wow. What do you think? I am not too happy with the color scheme. I wish I had incorporated some of the yellow fabric in the fence part of the quilt. I guess I will live and learn.

Block Party

Quilt #1: Block Party

This quilt took me several years to make. I bought the fabric in Indiana and cut it out with the intentions of sewing the top together before we moved. It came in pieces with us to Washington. I did not give up and with sheer determination and mighty willpower, I managed to finish it.

I found these great tutorials on binding a quilt here, here, and here. They each have a different spin on binding a quilt with great visual tutorials. Did I mention I am a visual learner? If you have never made a quilt before I recommend checking out a book at the library and finding an easy pattern. (That's what I did.)

Quilt #2: Rail Fence

My second quilt is almost done..... It has fabric that was given to me at a Pow-wow, mixed with some leftovers from a dress my sister wore. I followed the tutorials above and cut my binding strips at a 45 degree angle, had them sewn in a long strip to fit around my quilt, and then proceeded to sew the binding to the back of the quilt.

That's when I got red in the face and smoke billowed out my ears. It took me one hour to sew it on and will take two hours using a seam ripper to get it off.

You are not suppose to sew the binding to the back of the quilt... you are suppose to sew it to the front.

Let's just say, I hope I learn from this mistake or this may be my last quilt.

It's Finished

Remember that quilt I was trying to finish before the baby was born? Well... I did it. I finished it a week before the baby was born and it got placed in its rightful home atop the bunk bed for my oldest daughter. All those negative comments my readers left about how I would never finish it in time really motivated me to get it done. Last night it got initiated into childhood with glittery silly putty. Silly putty sticks to fabric and doesn't come off! Help! does anybody know how to remove it?

Keeping Quilt

Reading Patricia Polacco's book, The Keeping Quilt, inspired me to include some fabric that was my mom's into this baby quilt. In the story, the family's clothing was cut and made into a quilt. It was then passed down from mother to daughter and then to granddaughter. I decided to pass on a little something from grandma to her grandson through my sewing. I hope my nephew will think this is a quilt worth keeping.