Congratulations on completing your first quilt and on getting a sewing machine. Your quilt is wonderful and so is your enthusiasm. Can't wait to see more. Lois

Heather--you should definitely be proud of finishing your first quilt. It is beautiful! Much better than my first. Congratulations!!!!

My dearest Heather - this just brings tears to my eyes!! You did it!! You are here on TQS!! AND you posted to the gallery!! :swoon: I'm so very proud of you! ((hugs))

This really didn't take you long... and you hand pieced it all while having 3 sons & a busy husband to care for! Sometime ago here on TQS, I think we posted our first quilts. Your 1st would shine brightly in that collection.

Carry on!! I can't wait to see how much you accomplish with some electricity behind that needle.

love always,
me

Wooo hoooo!!! Always love a first quilt, and now the addiction begins. Forever, there will be ideas, fabric, more ideas, more fabric!! I've been quilting now for 7 years... and I still have 3 projects on the go, and I'm buying fabric for 2 more..

Hand pieced - so impressed... that is on my "to do" list this year..

Charae & Leslie, luckily for me I have the space! It is very common here in Brazil to have a live-in housemaid, and so homes are often built with a little bedroom near the laundry room for this reason. As we do not have a live in housemaid, I have a wonderful little room with built in cabinets, counter space, shelves, drawers, even a pull-out ironing board, its own little bathroom and a nice big window. Plus a huge empty wall that I'm sure can one day be a design wall.

Luckily for my husband, Charae, he can keep his closet space

Thank you again to everyone for the very kind words of encouragement! I'm beyond lucky that my stepmom quilted it for me which I know only enhances the beauty of the quilt.

Wow! That is truly beautiful... well done! And definitely, you will need space. Begin planning... now!

What a terrific first quilt! Clear out a closet ~ may I suggest your husband's? He doesn't need that much space! But you will for all the great quilts in your future!

Heather! Congrats on finishing your first quilt. It looks great. I like the fact that you put your own stamp on it by using colours that you liked. GO GIRL!!!
Jeanine

Heather, your quilt is wonderful and I'm glad your experience has been so good and that you plan to continue quilting! I spent three years working on my last quilt and it was machine pieced and machine quilted. I worked on it most every day. Depending on the designs and techniques we choose quilting can be an exercise in patience and perseverance. Congratulations! You have a very successful beginning of a wonderful hobby/career/obsession!
~lynn

Scoopie wrote:
thank you, Dawn! No, I"m not afraid to try anything, because I don't know enough to be afraid, LOL!

Thank you so much for the encouragement! You are such a great group of ladies.

lotti wrote:
thank you, Lotti, for the link correction! I've fixed it. and thank you so much for the kind words!!

I have to point out that I only hand pieced as I didn't have a machine, and also that I did work on it a very long time. I'm certain any of you could do it with that amount of time but thank you so much for making me feel so good about my first quilt! As it was all straight seams (log cabin blocks) it was not too hard.

anyway, thank you very much for the kind words! I mostly just love seeing my family use it to snuggle under, but of course the pats on the back are nice too

Heather, your first quilt turned out absolutely beautiful - and all hand-sewn too - i bet i'm not the only one wishing that our first, second or third attempt had been this fabulous. well done - CONGRATULATIONS - you can certainly pat yourself on the back for that accomplishment!!!

you might want to change the link in your post to this one instead:
[url]see-quilts/quilt-gallery/[/url]

the one you have in there is your own - editing link - i don't think it would let any of us edit - but it will also not let us click on the picture to make it larger and get a closer view
(i think you can still go back to your post and edit it - sometimes i can on mine and sometimes i can't - havn't figured out yet why - although editing old "member blog" posts always work for me)

Wonderful job! And, what I am impressed with the most is that it is all hand pieced! Many of us have NEVER hand pieced a quilt! My hat's off to you! You are making great strides, and it sounds like you are not afarid to try anything! That is how we all learn! My SIL once said "I learned one thing in my hand applique class." When I asked what, she said, "I learned I don't like hand applique!" Try it all, and you will find out what pleases you most, and what you may never care to tackle again!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

It looks great! I love the red white and blue. You did a wonderful job!