Remember last spring when GC and I signed up for a quilting course and we each made a sampler quilt? Mine was black, white and red, and his was exquisite jewel tones on a black background? Well, we never quite finished either one of them.
And, since then, we’ve started and not finished quite a few others.
Here’s the complete list:
- My sampler quilt
- GC’s sampler quilt
- Connie’s quilt
- Sienna’s baby quilt
- Daniel’s away-from-home-at-university quilt
- the Mod Sampler quilt
 Sometimes it’s tempting to put aside a quilt and go fabric shopping, and then once you have new fabric, it’s tempting to look at quilt patterns, and then it’s tempting to start a new quilt. But the growing pile of unfinished projects has led to a certain degree of Quilting Guilt. (Perhaps paradoxically, the growing stash of unused fabric has also led to Quilting Guilt.)
Quilting involves a number of distinct steps: making the quilt top, making the backing, preparing the quilt sandwich, quilting the quilt, and binding the quilt. And each of those steps involves a number of steps. You might feel like you’re done once you’ve finished the quilt top, but really you’ve only just begun.
Anyway, I’m thrilled to announce that GC and I finished two quilts in the last week or so: my sampler quilt, and Sienna’s crib quilt. (Sienna is 3 and a half months old now – still in a crib.)
I really like them, too. I think I’ve finally outgrown the desire for everything I make to be perfect. Now I’m charmed by crooked stitches and wobbly seams.
My very first quilt – the sampler
Sienna’s crib quilt – the Yellow Brick Road pattern is very forgiving of errors.
Sienna’s crib quilt – GC and I made this one together.
Two finished quilts!
Sienna is a very lucky baby! The quilts are beautiful.
congrats! love the quilts
what could be more charming than crooked stitches?
Those are called UFOs in my sewing world. (Unfinished Objects) They are why I made up my only Rule of Sewing which is “No new projects until the one I am working on is finished.”
They are both lovely, congrats. And I couldn’t see one crooked stitch!
These are beautiful. I have quilts that my step mom made for Avery and Willow an dthey are the most precious gifts!
They both look amazing!!! I love the colors in them. Congratulations Zoom and GC.
Congratulations on working together and finishing the quilts! They’re both lovely. You have reminded me that I really ought to get going on finishing some of my unfinished quilts but I’m caught up in knitting mittens right now. Theoretically, I should be able to switch from one creative outlet to another but real life doesn’t seem to be working out that way. I am intimately acquainted with crafter’s guilt, you might say.
Wow, those are nice quilts! Lucky Sienna! But let’s talk about crafter’s guilt: it’s endemic among those of us blessed with the urge to make & do. We always believe we could be making MORE, if only we weren’t so easily distra Hey! A squirrel! …
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Both are beautiful. I have a quilt top I made a couple of years back – my plan is to finally turn it into a quilt on my holidays in a few weeks
Those are both wonderful! I hope you’ll get a picture of the baby wrapped up or laying on her quilt. And I hope you’ll share it with us.