Quilt

The first quilt is done and I am still in love with my machine. This one was a bit of a roller coaster ride, but worth it. I started with 5 fat quarters from Hobby Lobby. I loved the fabrics. I began cutting out the squares and was doing fine until I had to lay them out. I put a few of the squares out on some muslin and didn't like it at all. I took pictures and sent them to my sister who has a better eye at this than I do. We determined it needed more "girl" colors. This quilt was meant for Shane's sister who is having a girl.
So off to another store I go to find more fabric. I hit JoAnn's and found 4 more fat quarters that went well with the existing squares. I pinned all the squares to the muslin, added a back and batting. I was ready to sew them all together. I attached my walking foot and off I went. Sewing it was definitely the easiest part.

Next came the binding. I have ALWAYS been afraid of binding. I am not sure why. I have done everything to get around binding quilts. Hand them to my mother, put a ruffle on instead, or sew it like a pillowcase. So I started searching the internet. Oh what a good friend the internet is. I found an incredible tutorial with pictures at every step. So easy!! I bound it and was sooooo excited that it turned out cute. I had to run to a neighbor and show it off before I gave it away. I knew I had to give it away soon or I would change my mind and keep it (I don't need a baby blanket).
The fun thing about this quilt is that it is all done on the machine and it doesn't have to be perfect. The edges of the squares are meant to fray so there isn't any matching up seams. Very forgivable.
One down, 3 more to do. Because I went out and bought more material, I have enough to make another. Maybe I should make myself a lap quilt. This house can always use a little pink in it.