Quilt Making Machine!

Now I am a quilt making machine! I love making them! I have recently made 3. One for my son, one for my nephew, and one for a friend. This one is my son's...















He is 2 and picked out the material himself. He loves his blankie just like his sister loves her's.



This one is my 3 year old nephew's, he said he wanted one like his cousins', but he wanted his blue...

I hear he sleeps with it every night even though it's been hot!

As you can see, over the last several years I have gotten much better at my work. The sewing machine helps a lot! So this is how I got inspired, got started, and where I am at now. I am going to be posting a section in my etsy store where you can buy a custom quilt. You give me the approximate size, colors you want, and if it's for a male or female and I will whip one up for you!These ones are approximately 35"X50", good for little kids or a lap blanket. I can go bigger if needed.

My first quilt...

I taught myself how to quilt by watching shows, reading books, asking people, and looking on the internet. I then set out to make my first quilt for my daughter. I bought fat quarters and cut them, laid them out in a pattern I liked, then proceeded to sew them, by hand!. I sewed them in rows, pressed the rows, sewed the rows together, pressed those, put the batting on the back, quilted that, put the backing on, and was set to put on the bias when my dad bought me a machine! Wish I had it when I was putting all the squares together lol. Now if you are a quilter you would have picked up that I did the quilting BEFORE I put on the backing. I was not aware that this was wrong till later, I guess I missed that chapter and episode haha. So, I was at the sewing machine, A machine I had never used before, making a quilt I had never done before, trying to put on bias. Needless to say, it isn't the most perfect quilt and you can clearly see huge mistakes. But I got it done by her 1st birthday, and she loves it, and she is getting ready to turn 8 and takes it everywhere. It has been to preschool, many camping trips, and sleepovers. Well I have learned through practice, more reading, more tv shows, and talking to more people how to do a quilt the right way, and now.....

The quilt that started it all....

This is the quilt that started it all. My grandmother made it for my dad for kindergarten in the 50's. It looks like it's made from flour sacks. I have it sitting on the rocking chair that my grandmother use to rock my dad in. Not long after my dad rediscovered it and cleaned it I decided that I wanted to try my hand at quilting. My grandmother was losing her battle with Alzheimer's at the time so I couldn't ask her to show me, and no one else in the family had done any either. So with no one to show me how, I had to teach myself. And I have....