Dews quilt

[MontyJ]

I bought Dew a sewing machine for Christmas. She decided her first ever sewing project would be a patchwork quilt, talk about jumping in with both feet!



Our youngest DD picked out the material...can you tell?

 

[Lavender2]

Big project for a first quilt! Beautiful job, looks like perfect corners. I like it!

 

[so lucky]

People who don't quilt really don't have any idea how difficult it is to make even a simple patterned quilt. I love those colors. I have made a couple of quilts, and love the look of "crazy quilts" but I tend to try to take shortcuts, and end up in trouble. In general, about half my time sewing is spent ripping out seams. The apron I am working on now would have to sell for about $250.00 to pay me for my time!

 

[Ridgerunner]

I misread that title and my heart skipped a beat. I thought it said “Dews quit”. Yes, I did clean my glasses earlier this morning.

That is a beautiful quilt and quite an ambitious first project with that machine. I like the colors and patterns. Your daughter did a great job. Dew did too, by the way.

Mom made a lot of quilts. Dad worked at a shirt factory and would bring home boxes of fabric cut-offs, the scraps. Mom used those for her quilts. She pieced them by machine but hand-quilted them using a frame Dad hung from the living room ceiling. The ones she did by herself were really well-made but sometimes the kids helped. It was a winter project. When we got home from school and we didn’t have anything to do outside after chores were done the kids would help hand-quilt those. My sections were never pretty but I learned to sew on buttons and patches and I have made a few things sewing.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

heh, i thought the same thing when i saw the title too! then i thought to myself maybe she quit something else than TEG.

 

[bobm]

Great looking quilt ! I have 3 granddaughters , so to continue to practice, please have Drew sew each of them one and send them before this Friday as it is Audra's ( my Up tommy gist [Optometrist] ) 4th birthday.

 

[lesa]

Wow! Nicely done! I presume she has had some sewing experience, prior to this? Please say "yes" or I will feel really stupid!

 

[dewdropsinwv]

Lesa..... sorry to burst your bubble, but I have NO experience what so ever!!!! I didnt even know how to thread that darn thing! Dont feel stupid. It's a learning experience! Her is one I'm working on now for my granddaughter's birthday.

 

[lesa]

Too late! Well you certainly took to that, like a pro! I don't see a pic of the new one?

 

[dewdropsinwv]

I cant figure out how to post it,,,, I'm working on it. :/