Quilt #1

     I am pleased to say that I have finally finished my first quilt! This is a bigger accomplishment that it first seems because most of the quilt top was hand-pieced and I have been working on it over the course of the last decade.

     It all began when I found a pile of 3.5" X 3.5" squares in upper elementary. These squares, I thought, would be just perfect for making a patchwork quilt! And so, I set out on making the quilt. After a while I began to notice that my pile of squares was slowly being depleted. To infuse my stash with fresh fabric I dug through my mother's fabric scraps in search of fabric to cut more squares.

Here is the quilt top in its early years.

     After a bit I would grow bored and set the quilt down as a new hobby caught my interest. However, I would return to work on it occasionally. And so the quilt grew. This last year I decided it had grown big enough and set out to finish the project.

     After selecting a bag of batting and some backing (salvaged, ironically from another one of my childhood projects). I was ready to start tying my quilt -> A much simpler method to actual quilting, though not as professional looking.

My mother helped me out.

     After tying came trimming. And then I was finally ready to sew on the binding and be done with the whole thing. I am pleased that it is finally finished!