Inspired by Carolien's beautiful quilts, I did a Google search and found a pattern similar to her Autumn leaf quilt, called Fallen Leaves....and I've finally finished it! YAY!!! My first finished quilting project!!!
My little quilt is 20"x20" and it is all hand-stitched except for one leaf. I started to sew the leaf and my sewing machine lost power and I stupidly tried to plug the thingee back into the foot pedal and "ZAP"! I had a healthy fear of "Thor - The Cranky Sewing Machine" after that and decided to hand stitch my quilt. It's paper-foundation-pieced by number and was so much fun to do.
It's far from perfect, but I love it anyway. I did it as a "quilt-a-long" with a friend who lives in England....we called it The Great British-American Quilt-Off! She is an advanced quilter and finished her beautiful quilt way ahead of me. My little table-topper wall-hanging isn't quite as crooked as it looks in this picture, haha!
Next up we are doing a Christmas Quilt-A-Long from this cover of Quilter's World!
I have a replacement pedal for my sewing machine and will be machine-piecing this one....I am hoping to come in a not-quite-as-distant-second as I did last time around! I will still be hand quilting this, however, as I have no idea how to machine quilt! I can barely sew a straight line, forget about any swirls!!!
Have a great day! :0)
Sheri, thank you so much for your sweet comment on our Tiger girl. We were blessed to have her for 22 years, that's for sure. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteI know this is an old post, but I love your fall quilt. I can't believe it's almost that time of year again!
Donna
Hello Sheri,
ReplyDeleteNow this was my surprise of this day! Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog. I went to your blog, curious of course ... and then saw a familiar quilt pattern!!! You made a lovely lovely quilt and your first one too, congratulations! I love the border, the tiny border as well ... just love it all. I hope you have enjoyed displaying it in autumn.
I look forward to your version of Anna Thies. Will you post about them (yes please ...)? I'm gonna put you in my sidebar so I can see ...
Have a nice day & greetings from Holland, Carolien