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I-Spy Quilt Top

I started my FIRST QUILT EVER a few days go.  I just finished the top!  Here it is:

It isn't perfect, but I  LOVE it and think my son will, too.
I used ivory for the sashing & black for the little squares mainly because I had them on hand.  The back will be large blocks of solid fabric with prints sprinkled in (I think).  Aside from the I-Spy squares, I'm trying to only use fabric I have at home instead of buying more.

Next up - creating the back.  I'm very nervous about the quilting part.  I had originally decided to do free-motion quilting (not knowing how tough it would be for me).  I think now I will do straight line quilting.  I know it will be boring, but easier.  And this is, after all, my first quilt.

For any quilters out there, do you have any tips for me?



P.S.  A big thank you to Care over at Obsessively Stitching.  Without all of the great help on her blog, I'm not sure I would have been courageous enough to make a quilt.
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soggybottomflats said…
Wow, your first one? You can really pat yourself on the back on that one, super job! I used to hand quilt all of mine, but now with a gillion grand kids...nah! I recently helped my sister with her first quilt, she is now a convert. I had her look at several blogs on quilts and choose her own backing. She chose a single piece, then decided to slice a piece out and insert a line of blocks, looks really cute. Check out: crazymomquilts, bumblebeans inc., filminthefridge, quiltdad, and even google pieced quilt backs in the blogger section. Lots of inspiration. I encouraged my sister to quilt it anyway she wanted. She wanted to learn everything, lol, so she started out with straight line stitching. Good job, beautiful quilt, Elaine
July 19, 2010 at 3:31 PM
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