Now, this is my second quilt EVER and I think it turned out really awesome! It's by no means perfect, small areas of fabric overlap on the back, not 100% straight edges if you were to measure it, but overall it turned out really well and I'm really proud of it. It gives me the confidence to continue to try new and more challenging projects.
I plan to write (at some point) a tutorial on it, but that might take a while and I was just too excited to wait to share the pictures, so today's entry is a bunch of pictures along the way, as well as the final product with a little description for each. Hope you enjoy looking at the pictures! I sure had fun making it! :-)
Nick and Andrea aren't far enough along to know the gender of the baby yet, so I thought an Americana theme would be great for them. I thought it would match their overall decor in their home, and is definitely gender neutral. Here is the fabric I chose to make it, I was going for a country Americana color theme:
Here is the first and second row completed:
After that, just keep repeating until there is a row of 6 white squares on the sides (final was 6 white squares by 5 white squares):
Now for the inside blue border:
And the final outside white border:
And it wouldn't be a quilt without some quilting! Here is a close up of the quilted stars in each white square:
And now, *DRUM ROLL*, the finished product!!! :-D
I've wanted to share this for so long, especially once it started to actually looke like my design, but I had to refrain since it was a gift. And since Nick and Andrea are moving tomorrow and we won't see them again until May when we pass through their town on our move, I just had to give it to them before they left....I just couldn't wait until May!!! :-p
I hope you've enjoyed this post, look for a tutorial at some point, and now, time to start planning my next project!! ;-)
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