JanMade

I know I start every blog I post with “I know its been a while but…”

Maybe I am not the best blogger on the planet.  I realize now that the time and effort that my favorite bloggers put in to maintain an awesome, content-laden page is enormous, and I have great respect for them doing and sharing with everyone, on top of taking the time to make amazing creations.

That said, I did want to share the quilt I made for Christine, I really think its my best quilt yet.  Its my 5th quilt.  I finished it on May 21.   Its my first time free motion quilting!  That was an adventure.  In the first 1/4 of the quilting, I think I ripped out as many stitches as I sewed.  It was incredibly frustrating, but then…it just kindof clicked and I was able to finish it and be happy about the results.  Yes, if you look closely you can totally see that the stitches are all uneven lengths, and I did “cross the streams” a few times and overlapped my stippling, but all in all I think it looks great for my first time. The quilt was a little smaller than twin size.  I improvised most of the design based on crazymomquilt’s flea market fancy quilt top, I used fewer blocks, and a smaller size block.  I like the top but I think I love  the back of my quilt.  I think its really visually striking, and so bright and really makes me happy.  It hurt a little to give this one away, but the thanks I got from the recipient really made up for it!

the quilt top, for whatever reason I never got a pic of it on the finished quilt.

close up of my first attempt at free motion quilting

the back, my favorite side on this quilt

the label. i always label my quilts! also, check out the binding, i made it myself!