I FINALLY finished my very first free motion quilted quilt! And I’m SO excited about it! If you follow me on Facebook, then you might remember about a month and a half ago, that I was working on the binding. The binding took me FOREVER to finish! I’ve had lots of other projects in between too, though. Once I had some time, I sat down and went to town and the binding actually went pretty quickly.
I LOVE how this turned out! I never thought I’d love quilting, but I do.
This is what the front looks like. I didn’t follow a pattern of any kind, I just cut the fabric and pieced it together.
Here is a close up of the quilting. I used a darning foot and did the Free Motion Quilting {FMQ} on my little Bernina machine. I LOVE that I know how to do this now!
I also pieced the back. I realize this is pretty wrinkled, that’s what happens when it sits folded up for a long while, waiting to have the binding done.
Here is a close up of the binding. For not really having a clue how to bind a quilt, I’m pleased with how it turned out. I followed this tutorial for the binding.
Now that I’ve finished this quilt, it makes me want to try something a little more challenging, but maybe I’ll wait until after the holidays…then maybe I’ll have a little more time. Who am I kidding, I’m a mom of four. 🙂
Gorgeous!!! I absolutely love the colors, well done!
Love the colors and love that you made it by just cutting pieces!:) Mary
So awesome! What a great quilt!
lovely colors!!! great job!
That is beautiful! I love the colors. Now hopefully I can start on my quilt for my little boy and have it done by December for his birthday! I love your quilt! Thanks for sharing!
Melissa
http://www.sweetcoconutlime.com
Amazing, Amy. I wish you could come over and teach me your technique! well done.
Beautiful! Love the colors!
Great job! I’ve been having a bit of trouble with binding lately. Practice, practice I guess! New follower and would love to have you follow me back.
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Wow! Beautiful work! Congratulations on finishing!
SO pretty!! Would love it if you would link this up at my turquoise lovin’ party going on right now!! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com/2011/10/turquoise-lovin-7.html
Nice work! I love the pieced back!
That is so pretty! I LOVE free motion quilting! this is motivating me to pull some of my quilt tops down and get quilting!
love this quilt!
absolutely lovely! i am your newest follower!
Vanessa
Dilly Dally
As someone who has exactly one quilt under her belt (I never made another because it was so hard)I have to say it’s gorgeous! You should be proud. I am a new follower from What I Made Wednesday. Vicky from http://www.messforless.net
This is gorgeous!! I’m trying to finish my quilt for my baby (due next month)! Hopefully I finish. I’ve never quilted before so I’m a little intimidated. Thanks for posting this. I love the colors!!
Amazing! love it and aren’t you talented!That is the kind of quilt I should make, I could never be so precise to use a pattern.
Great quilt! FMQ isn’t the easiest thing to do, but I think it’s more fun and creative. I struggled with binding simply because it took me so horribly long to do. I finally stumbled upon doing an invisible stitch for binding and it only took me 5 HOURS for a queen sized quilt! I was amazed!!! I can’t wait to do my next quilt because I won’t dread sewing the binding.
http://www.dreamweavers-quilts.com/quilt-epiphany/2009/08/05/tutorial-how-to-hand-stitch-binding-invisibly/
http://amyscreativeside.com/2010/05/18/basics-tutorial-hand-stitching-a-binding/
Since I just found you today, I’m going to come back again and see all the creative things you’ve inspired others with!