New Hobby: Part Five

My last post I asked you which way I should lay out this crazy quilt; with or without spacers. Two of my three followers responded, however, I did NOT do as suggested. Sorry ladies.

I decided to uses a small strip of neutral fabric between each row. I did this in hopes that the uneven squares wouldn’t look so wompy.

I laid out each row with the spacer and when I finally got it to the position that I wanted, I marked the rows A-F, this helped me to remember when sewing it all together which direction and row went where. This is also what the experienced quilters do, and I need to do and be everything that they are so I can get this thing down!

Yep that is the back… not pretty but I did it.

Its sewn together!!!! But I am not done.

New Hobby: Part Four

I completed the 30 squares that is on the list of to-do's on "how to make a patchwork quilt". Now it is time to sew these squares into rows.

Row one complete

Moving forward... I have completed all the rows. Now I need your help, which layout looks best??

Completed rows laid out

Completed rows with neutral fabrics as spacers

I cant decide which one I like best. I like the solid pink layout, you cant see as many mistakes in the sizing and seams. But that neutral fabric makes the pink pop- do I really need a Pink Popping Explosion quilt?

What do you think?

Scary Halloween

Which do you think is scarier??

Martha Stewart on a "normal" day

Martha Stewart on the cover of October 2011 magazine

Yeah, I think she is scary in both photos. I rank Martha up there with Oprah; cant live with her and cant live without her.

New Hobby: Part Three

I did it! I did it! I measured the fabrics, cut them and began sewing my squares.

Please meet the beginnings of the Pink Explosion quilt...

I know my fabric isn't cut anywhere straight and my seams are no where near 1/4". But they are cut and sewing. Got to start somewhere, right?

New Hobby: Part Two

I am a lot like my Grandmother- I am not a pink girl! I don't like pink, I don't have a lot of pink things in my house/closet and I don't like adult women that wear head to toe pink.

I did a search on "how to make a quilt" and stumbled across a great blog, http://flossieteacakes.blogspot.com/2011/03/tutorial-how-to-make-patchwork-quilt.html. I have followed this step by step, kudos on all the help!!!

I picked out fabrics from my Grandmothers stash. Not sure why I was set on pinks, maybe it is due to the blog above having pink fabrics in the pictures (I am easily swayed on things).

I can believe all the pink fabrics I choose. I have read how hard it is to match up fabrics and I think I have done pretty well for a true newbie to this whole crafty thing.

Now let's get quilting!