I Quilted Something!

It took a few weeks and a very patient teacher, but I've finished my very first hand-quilted project!

Hillary taught me how to pick a pattern, cut the pieces & assemble them, add batting, and hand-quilt. Then I picked up a 12" pillow form and learned how to create the back side of the pillow (overlapping the pieces so that you can fit the form inside but keep it secure).

I'm so happy with the way that this turned out—I'm really excited to start my next project.

Here are a couple more pictures of my final product and wonderful teacher!

First Quilting Lesson

Well, technically we were just sewing—quilting is the last step of the process. Yesterday I spent several hours with a wonderful girl named Hillary—the quilting/sewing/knitting guru. She had me choose a pattern (I picked Ports and Starboard, I think), pick out three pieces of fabric from her stash (light, medium, and dark), iron it all, cut my squares, and begin to sew them together.

I really enjoyed my first day, and love it already!

Here are some pictures from my first lesson, I can't wait to go back and finish up this square (which I plan to make into a pillow), then pick out fabric to start my first quilt.