My story: I started quilting about 8 years ago. I have two older sisters and the oldest was getting married. The middle roped me to helping make a quilt. We used a children's quilting book and hand stitched every piece of it. That was before digital cameras entered my life so I know I have a picture somewhere but I will have to scan it before I can post it. Quilt number two was for that oldest sisters first baby, which I cut and sent blocks off to my mother and middle sister to work on. I cut every strip with scissors, which truly makes a rotary cutter a thing of beauty once you discover it.
The second quilt I ever made: unofficially titled "Looking out the Cabin Window" because this is before I realized I was supposed to put a label on the back. This is also before I learned about binding.
The rest is history, I guess they say. I have discovered a deep satisfaction in creating a quilt. I machine piece now-a-days, but I still only hand quilt and hand applique. It feels like a connection to the past and it's very soothing. It is also portable and I love not having to be tied to the machine.
That first baby led to several other baby quilts for friends, and eventually to the quilts for my next niece and nephew (the twin cousins, born 6 days apart). Those quilts were my first real applique work that I was quite proud of and led to the storybook idea. I had made other quilts vaguely inspired by the book Goodnight Moon, but decided to be more focused and specific. I made one based on One Fish, Two Fish, and the other based on The Hungry Caterpillar.
Made out of the same fabric, we have The Hungry Caterpillar and One Fish, Two Fish. I am most proud of the fruit.
Labels! I wish I had a machine that did letters so I could sew them but those handy fabric pens will have to do.
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