Quilt number 4

I know, I'm missing number 3. :) I was so down to the wire on quilting that one that the only picture I took of it was in my car while I was driving to the baby shower. It's the same as this one though, just different fabrics. That one used Urban Zoologie, this one uses Alexander Henry and a ton of random fabrics.

This one was for my friend Amanda who welcomed her little boy at the end of January. She loved that Alexander Henry print and we just coordinated the rest from all over the place.





This pattern is from Oh Fransson, you can find it here. I can't say enough about her patterns. They are SO easy to follow. She tells you how to cut it, and her directions for piecing are crystal clear. Plus, there are actually 3 patterns in that one PDF, such a good deal.

My Very First Quilt

After my little girl was born in 2009, I wanted to make something girly for her. I always admired quilting but thought it was WAY too hard for me, I didn't even know where to get started. I came across Oh Fransson and she had a great step by step tutorial on getting started. I found a quilt I liked over at Retromummy and decided to give it a shot. I had NO idea the quilt I was making was a twin size quilt. :) I just saw it and liked it and started cutting. After I pieced the first row I realized I had bitten off quite a big hunk for my first quilt!! It all turned out ok though and by the end of it, I had free-hand quilting down pretty well. :)

See? It doesn't look that big does it?





And RIGHT behind that was my second quilt:



Maybe I had a bit of a thing for Amy Butler fabrics. :) I really need to post a picture of that finished quilt. It's backed with a minky rip off and straight line quilted, my daughter sleeps under it every night. I LOVE that quilt. Probably my favorite so far.

the second one was CONSIDERABLY better, especially the corners. Again, the Oh Fransson tutorials are awesome. That pattern is here.