Monday, March 10, 2014

My First Quilt!

I've toyed with the idea of making a quilt for many years, but never had sufficient motivation until now. Since every Teddy Bear picnic needs an amazing blanket to sit on, I used Nia's birthday party theme as an excuse to make my very first quilt. Using scraps I already had I first cut them all to complementary sizes and then laid them all out to establish my design.
 

Then it was just a matter of attaching all of the pieces together using 1/4" seams. Since it was such a mishmash of sizes this took a little bit of maneuvering.

 
I then layered my back piece, which was an old fitted sheet, with my batting and finished quilt top, pinning them all in place. And starting from the middle, I slowly quilted the three pieces together using a diagonal crisscrossing square pattern.
 
 
I trimmed off the excess batting and backing sheet, and bound the edges with double fold bias tape.
 
 
Finally it was done! And I think it was well appreciated! It will be the centerpiece of her birthday party and we will use it for years to come both for picnics and snuggles. :)
 

 
 
 

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