This past spring I read many of the posts of participants, but having never made a quilt in my life, I only drooled over other peoples quilts, which was a lot of fun!
Shortly after that, I made my first quilt: the Mod Sampler (pattern by Elizabeth Hartman).
It is far from perfect, but I learned so much while making this quilt!
I was to scared to do any free motion quilting on this one, seeing as I had never quilted anything before, so I stuck with 'simple' straight lines. UGH! NOT so simple...
So I also learned a lot about quick and efficient seam ripping.
But taking it out and starting over was so worth it.
I love the end result, and so do my kids! Who cares about perfection anyways?!
I think it's amazing...and I think that after seeing your straight lines, I'm going to go that route with my first top as well. Did you do a different color thread for the back?
ReplyDeleteBTW...he's a cutie!
Annette, I have to tell you this is the main reason why I enjoy participating in this Festival. I am thoroughly enjoying the modern quilts your generation of quilters is putting out there. If this is your first quilt, it is impressive. I can imagine it's not going to take you that long to take up more and more ambitious projects. Yet as you grow and learn, I hope you don't ever forget to come back to this kind of quilt. These are the ones we envelop our loved ones in our "arms" with. I think these are the true masterpieces... the ones that get dragged around and that the kids wrap themselves up in.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful quilt! I love the colors that you chose. And that last picture is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt. Love Arcadia. Love the story about the quilting and the unpicking and love love love the cute kid in quilt pic - to me that's what quilts are all about!
ReplyDeleteI love this fabric line. You did such a wonderful job. The last pic is too cute! : )
ReplyDeleteAnnette, this is a great sampler quilt!!! I love it. You are right...straight lines aren't as easy as they seem ;-) Yours look great. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis puts my first quilt to shame! Actually, the top is still sitting on my shelf not quilted because I can't bring myself to finish the monstrosity. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, this is an amazing first quilt! I just did my first quilt with straight lines, so I fully understand what you mean about how they're not as easy as they seem. I think yours turned out beautifully :)
ReplyDeleteI love the pattern and the fabrics! And that picture of your son wrapped up in it is awesome! Great job.
ReplyDeletePerfection is greatly overrated :) This is a fantastic quilt==totally amazed that you made such a big project for your first quilt. It is a beauty. I have been quilting for 10 years and each quilt still teaches me things--some of which require a seam ripper! Thanks for sharing your quilt's story :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty quilt. I believe quilts are meant to be well loved and it looks like your is!
ReplyDeleteI love it lots. What a great quilt to learn from. I'll defiantly put this one my list to-do's
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt. Love, love, love it. Nicely done. And, BTW, there's no such thing as a perfect quilt. Fabric is not a static thing, so it will always present challenges. Keep at it. You have a good eye for color, pattern, composition etc.
ReplyDeleteYou did an amazing job. What beautiful fabrics you used in your quilt. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt is fabulous! You should be so proud of yourself.
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt! I can't believe it's your first quilt! Thanks for sharing the story behind it too.
ReplyDeleteJennifer :)
PS Cute kiddo!
Wow, I love it! Having to rip out is not fun, but sometimes necessary:) I wouldn't have believed it was your first quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love it. Great job and you should be so proud for doing the whole thing by yourself. It turned out great!
ReplyDeleteYour fabric choices work really well with this pattern. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this is your first quilt! It looks FABULOUS!!!
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