First Quilting Attempt

I’ve always loved textiles and have been particularly enamored with some of the modern fabric designs popping up in quilting stores of late, so I figured it was high time for me to try quilting. I chose to start with the Charm Squares Baby Quilt by Elizabeth from Oh, Fransson!, as it appeared straightforward for a beginner. Instead of using pre-cut charm squares, I picked up a fat quarter bundle from my local quilt store, The Fabric Quarter, and cut the required 5×5 squares myself — good practice for my new rotary cutter! Many of the designs are from the Art Gallery Revive and Filigree collections. The piecing was really easy, but I did run into a few snags with the actual quilting. Don’t look too closely at the stitching as the stitch lengths are really uneven in parts! I also decided to only quilt the sashing and leave the designs as-is. I was least looking forward to the binding — I have to hand stitch?! — but it wasn’t too bad. I’m still unsure about effectively tacking down the corners, though, so I will have to play around with it on my next project. Overall, I’m happy with my first quilting attempt and have already made good progress on my next projects!

Posted in Quilting ♥ 07.19.2010 at 6:11 pm ♥  Leave a comment

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