Quilt 1 ~ 2009

I have finished Quilt #1 for 2009 ~ Yay me!!!

I started piecing some eye-spy fabric together with the intention of making a little travel case for colouring in books / pencils for our friend. But soon scrapped that idea after Miss K had a hissy fit because her existing dolly quilt (an old prefold nappy that she steals from under the change table) wouldn't wrap properly around Upsy Daisy - I figured it was time to make a bigger dolly quilt, but not too big.

Two major mistakes on this... Must Start the quilting from the middle & I must adjust the stitch length setting...

So we have it - a very skewed mini quilt, but a good lesson learnt, as it's already in use, I'm intending on whipping up a couple more as they are the perfect size to practice FMQ on.

~ A close up of some FMQ using a decorative thread in the bobbin. I only had a bit wound on the bobbin, so have just gone with a basic flowing along the bottom edge.

~ This is where I excelled (well as much as a newbie can) I've just done FMQ in swirls and circles and just let the machine and fabric do the walking with minimal guidance... I think for a first attempt, it's not too bad.