Sunday, November 1, 2009

My first finished quilt in 8 years!

Well, I finally did it--I finished a quilt! Hurray for me! I made the quilt for my friend who just had a baby boy and had worked on the Obama campaign in our town. It's an Obama Baby Quilt!!! I did straight line quilting and tried free motion quilting writing out the baby's name (Ayende) and words like dream, love, hugs--along with quilted hearts and the date. It's not perfect but I learned alot along the way.
I learned that you have to control your machine speed and work on moving the quilt evenly as you free motion quilt. I still haven't figured out what to do when the bobbin runs out. Those areas looked messy so I free motioned hearts over them. I feel much more confident about finishing up the other quilt tops I've done. And, the best part of making a quilt--giving it away!

4 comments:

  1. Wow, I was sure I had already commented about your beautiful quilt. I must have not hit the final post button... Anywho, your quilt and quilting is gorgeous! That is one lucky little guy!

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  2. Lovely quilt and quilting! The written name is such a nice touch, and it looks great, too. Makes me want to try to do more written quilting,myself...

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  3. Great job! You should be very proud of yourself, it looks awesome. I am totally inspired to free motion quilt. Way cool!!

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