I want to show you the first quilt I made that started me on my quilting journey.
I had just come back from my mom’s. She had remarried after my dad had passed and had decided to retire as a pharmacist and took up quilting.
I had always enjoyed sewing, blankets and clothing mainly. And she had all these pretty fabrics and cool looking patterns.
She had taken me down to Joann’s and had gotten me a whole pile of fabric.
Of course I picked too many colors and too many fabrics, but I had plenty to figure it out.
I took it all home determined to make a king size quilt for my bed.
Yes… a KING size quilt.
Well, these were my final choice fabric. Looking back, I just sit here and shake my head. I’ve learned so much since then.


I found my pattern I would be using, but disliked the center. So I found a table runner that paper piecing for the center.
I hardly knew what I was doing, let alone paper piecing?
What a mess it was! The blocks didn’t match up and came out all funky sizes.






I’m still not sure what I was thinking, but as a whole, I like the way it turned out.
Then, I continued with the original pattern. Lots of beautiful borders.

Some more blocks. I think they’re almost pretty out of the quilt, though I do like the way it turned out.
Because I changed the middle, I did have to make a few adjustments as I went out. The star and windmill blocks above stayed the same, but I added some boarders to help make sure everything lined up nicely.

I guess after this picture I didn’t take anymore. There’s an hour glass round, and then a piano keys round the edges. I put a flannel backing on it so it was nice and soft for our bed.
It turned out a whopping 120″ Wide and 110″ long. When I stuck it on the long arm I had to do it top to bottom so that it fit on the long arm better.



Isn’t it pretty??? I like how it goes super long on the sides. Lots of colors I’m not sure I would’ve put together, but I do like how it turned out.

Laurie
I forgot about that quilt… I love it