my first quilt
I finished this wee quilt about a month ago, but had to give it away before I had the chance to take pictures. Thanks, Ang, for sending the lovely photos of your birthday present!
It was my first quilt, and it was very, very simple. I sewed together an Amy Butler charm pack, along with a few scrap squares, and added a chocolate brown backing and binding.
I did the quilting on my machine, in a pattern of snakey channels. Taking a cue from Ashley, I used two different color threads for the quilting — the top thread is a light taupe color; the bobbin thread is chocolate brown to match the back.
Since Ang is a normal human non-crafter, it would not have occurred to her to take photos of the back. (Not so different from knitting — e.g. “Pam, why are you taking pictures of the inside of that mitten??”)
I have high hopes for my next quilt project, especially since Carolyn keeps patiently answering all my hopelessly ignorant questions (thanks, Carolyn — you kick ass).
But I’m also kind of hugely, embarrassingly pleased with this little puppy. 
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July 13th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
You should be please! It’s friggin’ fantastic! And it looks much better than my first quilt.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
what a cute quilt! love all the different colors. you did such a great job with the actual quilting - that is where i usually mess up big time!
July 13th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
I saw your quilt on flickr - it looks great! It gives me hope that my first quilt won’t be a disaster
July 13th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I love your quilt! I have only made one as well and it was about the same size as yours. It’s a good starter size isnt’ it? I love the fabrics!!! Great job!
July 13th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
It’s so great! It’s SO great! How did you have the strength to give it away?
July 13th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Unbelievably fantastic! You have such a keen eye..
July 13th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
you should SO be pleased- it is beautiful!
July 13th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
yeah! i love it! and thanks to that link to your next project i’ve just ordered the modern quilts book … the plain spoken one is just gorgeous!
July 13th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Stop it. I am resolved in my dislike of sewing and showing me this beautiful quilt is not helping…
July 13th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Very nice!!
July 13th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Your first? You must be so proud!
July 13th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Love. love! I just bought all that fabric and my plan is to make some kind of picnic blanket/quilt, and I’m practically paralyzed I don’t know where to begin (and the whole nonchalant “brown edging and backing” makes me go aquiver–how do you DO that?). Since I don’t know Carolyn, Ashley and now you are going to be fielding a lot of my confused questions.
July 13th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
wonderful job! Nice choice of fabrics and construction. Amy Butler Fabrics are great, but it can be a challenge to get them to play nice with each other, it looks fab.
July 13th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
It looks so, so, so good, Pam. And so manageable! Almost enough to make me want to try quilting again.
July 13th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
That looks fantastic–excellent job! Really, you SHOULD be excited with this–it’s wonderful! And a whole new crafty world just opened up to you! I foresee many a quilt on this here blog in the future.
July 14th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Congrats on the quilt. Looks wonderful!
July 14th, 2007 at 12:57 am
A total triumph! I am kind of a hag for quilts. I know I’ll never have the time to figure out how to make one- the quilts and I, we are destined to be apart. Yet I can admire from a distance…
July 14th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Really great job! I’m beginning my first quilt tonight. I hope my turns out half as cute as yours! Thanks for sharing.
Tina J.
July 14th, 2007 at 6:06 am
Oh it’s so very nice. And your first?!?! WOW. I would be one proud sewing-mama too. Good job!
July 14th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I love your little quilt! It looks great, and gives me hope that maybe when I sit down to knit my first quilt one of these days, it might look almost as nice. Good luck on the next one!
July 14th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Beautiful quilt! And yes, we crafters have a tendency to take pictures of every single possible angle of our projects! (My neighbors must think I’m nutty)
July 14th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Wow - now you’re quilting too? Way to make the rest of us single-crafters look bad
No, really it’s beautiful! I love its wee size.
July 14th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Lovely job! I’ve been thinking about this quilting thing for a while, and this has given me the inspiration to just tackle it. Did you need a walking foot (that is the correct term, right?) to do the quilting?
July 15th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Looks awesome! I can’t wait to see your plain spoken! Mine is still waiting to be sandwiched.
July 15th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
It’s beautiful! You evil quilting people all these lovely lovely projects are making me want to be a quilting person too, but that’s just not possible, because I’m afraid of sewing machines. Sad.
July 16th, 2007 at 1:27 am
that quilt is STUNNING!
July 16th, 2007 at 5:03 am
Gorgeous. Even without the booty shot.
July 16th, 2007 at 11:52 am
That quilt looks great!
I love Amy Butler, what is a charm pack? I’m going to have to look into that.
Thanks!
Jill
July 16th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
congratulations!!!
July 16th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
That is insanely awesome, Pam! You should be QUITE pleased!
(scampering off to Google Amy Butler charm pack)
July 16th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Oh my that is one lovely quilt! I love the idea of using contrasting threads on the front and back! I can’t wait to see that next quilt project! That is going to be amazing!
July 16th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
it is a very pleasing little puppy!
July 17th, 2007 at 4:15 am
So, so pretty! That two-color thread dealio is a really good idea, I’m definitely going to file that away for future sewing projects.
Where did you get the fabric squares from? Ebay?
July 19th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Very pretty! All your angles look very sharp and properly square, which my aunt, a Master Quilter, would admire.
July 21st, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Lovely quilt! simple and elegant win the day, in my book! Wonderful that it was well received, too.
July 21st, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Lovely! You did a great job with the layout — inspired. I’m going to have to pick up a charm pack myself.