Sunday, November 11, 2012

[Inez] Quilting (Part 1)

I decided to make a quilt for my bed.

I blame Pinterest. I saw this quilt on Pinterest that doesn't require matching up corners, and I said "Sign me up!" It doesn't really have a pattern per se, and I couldn't narrow down my fabrics so I ended up getting a whole bunch of them.


They're mostly in the blue/yellow/grey range, with a  few highlights for pop.


I spent Hurricane Sandy cutting hundreds of pieces of fabric from approximately 9 yards of fabric. My hand and wrist muscles ached by the end of it.


But then, ta da! ready to start sewing.


So far I have sewed each of the individual rows (19 of them) and the next step is to stitch the rows together. Then batting, backing, edging, and quilting. No bigs.


I've learned a lot already, and would do several things differently if I were to start anew right now... but I'm not starting anew right now, so I'm just going to roll with it. It will be busy and imperfect, but it will bring a lot of light and color to the room during the winter. And who knows, maybe it will start something. Maybe I'll be buying self healing boards and roller cutters next. We'll see.

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