Sunday, April 5, 2009

It's DONE!

Quilt #1 is done. Like I have said before, its not how I had planned from the beginning, BUT... I love it! I washed it this morning, and its all snuggly now. For now, I'm keeping it on the chair upstairs.

Front
The orange and red look a lot alike on my moniter, but irl it's very different.
Back
The black fabric actually has tiny polka dots on it. I love the contrast between all the color and the black and white.
It's pretty hard to actually "quilt" a blanket. The quilting blogs make it look so easy! Its also a lot more time consuming than I thought to hand bind. I definitely will be getting a thimble next time. I think I have a permanent bruise on my finger from pushing that needle!
Here is the pile waiting for me. If you've ever been to my house, you know about the big teal wall. This next quilt will be for downstairs and will match the teal colors down there.
The plain fabric on the left is actually dark brown, although it looks black.


Posted by at

11 comments:

  1. VivaLasFloydsApril 6, 2009 at 12:22 AM

    Wow!! Very nice job! Love it!

    ReplyDelete
  2. chris jenkinsApril 6, 2009 at 4:22 AM

    can i come over and have you teach me how to quilt? seriously awesome job - i want to learn how to do this!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jen@eighteen25April 6, 2009 at 7:28 AM

    way to go mandi! it turned out great! can't wait to see the next one.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Stratton FamilyApril 6, 2009 at 7:32 AM

    it looks so great! Grandma Dimitriadis always quilted. in fact she was working on a quilt when she died and my mom had always wanted to finish it but never did.

    I want to learn how to quilt too. you're so good at teaching yourself how to do things. you quilt you take good pictures, you make good food, you're like super mom.

    maybe I'll ask for a sewing machine for mother's day

    ReplyDelete
  5. Mandi RothApril 6, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    Great Job Mandi!! I love the colors. I need to learn how to make a quilt.

    ReplyDelete
  6. LorettaApril 6, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    Great job!

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousApril 6, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    There is your next profession, quilt making instructor! Maybe you can make enough money to get a better machine?! I love it, I can't wait to see it up close.

    Love ya', Mom

    ReplyDelete
  8. The Brown'sApril 6, 2009 at 5:06 PM

    WOW I LOVE it I am so impressed! It looks great. LOVE the colors of the next one:O)

    ReplyDelete
  9. jamie carterApril 8, 2009 at 6:56 PM

    good job.
    that's a lot bigger than i thought. love the polka dots.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Stratton FamilyApril 9, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    did you take your photo page off?

    ReplyDelete
  11. Mandi A.April 9, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    yeah, i only did a month, so i took it down. i think ill start a new one in May...then go from May to May.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)