My First Quilts

I mentioned in my intro post, I started quilting by checking out Quilting for Dummies and heading to the fabric store. I made two quilts from patterns in the book, both easy and both by hand.

The first was this wall hanging quilt. It’s small and lightly quilted “in the ditch.” It’s more out of the ditch, actually, because I followed the pattern in the book and quilted a good half-inch away from the seam. I think that gives a good effect. Sadly, I’ve never had a place where it looks right. Someday I may give it away to someone who’s got a color scheme that it fits.

This second quilt is something I might like to revisit in the future. It turned out nicely, but it’s not really quilted. Following the instructions in the book (I think), I only used dark blue thread to tie off the centers of the diamonds. Instead of actually tying off, though, I made some sort of eight- or ten-pointed star.

Every time I see it, it begs me for more quilting. But with so many other projects on my plate, I’ve neglected it. Perhaps someday I’ll borrow the quilting frame my mom is using (since it lives at her house) and go at it whenever I’m up there.

Stay tuned on Thursday for my projects this week!