I have been blessed with a very talented mom who is an amazing quilter. From the time I was a little girl I can remember my mom creating things with her sewing machine. She would sew Barbie cloths for my family of dolls as well as dresses for my sister and I. We always had the best Halloween costumes made with the loving hands of my mom. When I was about 12 years old my mom sent me to sewing class with the hopes that I would catch on and also develop her love for sewing. Needless to say that love never came about. I can remember the day that my mom purchased her first quilt magazine. We looked through the pages together admiring those beautiful works of art. Before I knew it she was creating her own beautiful works of art. She would encourage me to give it a try but I loved to scrapbook and work with paper. Recently I have been creating my paper quilts so the time seemed right to give fabric quilting a try. This year for my birthday I asked my mom to teach me to quilt.
We took a trip to the local quilt shop to choose the fabric. I just love this fabric by Moda--Lily and Will. By the end of the evening we had most of the quilt top completed. My assignment--to finish the quilt top on my own so that I could return to have my lesson on completing the quilt.
Adding the batting
Making the binding
There you have it-----my first fabric quilt. It is not a large quilt--just a little wall hanging but I was really excited with the end result. Feeling pretty confident, I thought I would try one all on my own. This time I used my cricut to cut the image for the middle of the wall hanging.
A little help with attatching the binding.....
I think I may be hooked. Creating these little wall hangings was really very fun. I hope I have enough space in my craft room for all my new quilting supplies (lol) Thanks Mom for sharing your talents with me. xoxox
