In the Pipeline

Making another quilt..........

Walmart Square Quilt

I finished my first quilt this week end! I think I started on it back in August and it's been sitting in my 'to finish' pile for a while. It's a simple square design that I made using fat quarters and sale fabric from Walmart, yeah it's a Walmart quilt. The binding is fabric from my stash that once was my Grandmothers.

I really love the look of free motion quilting, but I must say that was the main point of frustration getting this thing done and in retrospect, I probably should have used a simpler quilting method for my first time. I had a lot of trouble adjusting the tension on my machine to get a result that didn't totally suck. And even then, there are some parts on the back where the thread is bunched up and I am not really happy with the result.   I also rushed while binding it (I was really excited that it was almost done) and  it looks sloppy. But done is better than perfect right?


Here is is:

It's small, but a perfect for the couch, beach or a picnic.

Sounds awful, but I indented this to be a gift for someone while making it but I'm totally keeping it. Partly because I'm not too happy with my craftsmanship on some parts but mostly because after all the frustration tackling the quilting I really don't want to part with it. 

Have a great weekend. 

~Nancy