Last night I finally sat down and made a simple baby block. I used the tutorial from here
I'm not sure how I go about giving credit through my blog to people but wanted to make sure I do. Her tutorial was very easy to read and understand which is what I need! I sneaked a peek at her other stuff and it's absolutely divine. So here's a photo of my block!
Next project I finished today was a quilt that I had started a few years ago. It's probably been 4 years since I hand sewed the blocks in strips and that was as far as I got. Last weekend at a church yard sale I found a brand new blanket in the bag that was a burgundy fleece and it had the words Freedom is not Free stitched on the corner. This I thought would be a perfect backing for my blanket since it was made with patriotic blocks of fabric. This morning I used my lovely sewing machine to put the strips together then cut the sides down to match the width of the fleece blanket and cropped the bottom of the fleece blanket to the length of the quilt top. Then I put them together and voila! I think it came out pretty good for my first blanket.
Now I only messed up my strips once so that the same squares were adjacent so I just need to pay more attention when I'm piecing together. Also my words weren't always going the right direction but as I said, I'm learning as I go. This item was donated to an organization that gives blankets to the needy. I'm hoping it goes perhaps to a vet in a wheelchair as it's a little smaller so would make a nice lap blanket.
I have an order for two taggie blankets for a girl so I started one today. I'm going to make a few of them so she can have a choice. It'll be good practice for me as well.
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