Well I do declare.... I had the BEST of times reading your comments and checking out YOUR first quilts... thank you so much for 'enjoying' my 'BedSpread'.
Remember I was NOT making a QUILT, I had no idea how a quilt was supposed to look or be made, except that to make my bedspread I used a 'quilt magazine'...hehe! I LOVE this quilt and never thought it was 'Bad' or 'Ugly' or 'Wrong'. It was just one of a zillion things I made and used.
First another photo of the LOV-ER-LY quilt... what happens when you don't catch the seam properly... now this only happens if I'm fudging ... easing something in.... such a RARE occurrence!
A few answers to questions from yesterday
- The Antique Sewing machine I found at an online auction and saved the photo for 'someday'
- The 'blue patch' is not a patch.... look close at that photo... at all the photos. What you are seeing is the BACKING through a GIANT HOLE in the quilt!!! Ted chewed a hole, the batting has been migrating out for... ummmm... ever... so I did a running stitch at some point to close the wound... hole... there you go!
- The 'storage closet' is our second largest bedroom in the house used for storage, warehouse and shipping department. I have a very small house!
- No I am not going to hold up each and every one of the quilts on the shelves for you to see... no... what? Chocolate? Flowers? ... FYI - every sin
gle quilt you see in those photos has been published in a book or a pattern or a magazine.. every single one.
- Yes I DO have more quilts.. lots more!
- Will I send you a quilt.. not today.. tomorrow does not look good either
- For those of you who said you STILL have some of that blue flower fabric.. yes this one on the right incase you forgot. I do believe in the late 70's it was the ONLY blue fabric you could buy... correct me if I'm wrong... but I think that is right. Oh back to you STILL OWNING SOME... now is the time to move that puppy out.. you DO NOT NEED IT.. you HAVE NOT USED IT.. let it go... you'll be fine. I promise.
- I want to thank Nancy for awarding me 'worst first quilt ever'... it is SUCH an honor.. where is my tiara? Or cupcakes? Maybe a PIE???? mmm????
- It is heart warming to know I made SO MANY OF YOU feel SO MUCH BETTER that MY quilt is worse than yours... gee... now I can sleep at night!
- And if you have NOT shared your first quilt.. I dare you... double dare you... I double DOG dare you to share that picture with me... it can NOT be worse than this one (although I did enjoy the story in the comments about the Cathedral window SKIRT that was not only worn by the maker but shared by her helper! The two of them SHARED WEARING it to events. LIke.. nobody KNEW it was the same outfit?? Are there PHOTOS Of this? Evidence.. I want evidence!)
whew... ok... If you are ready for MORE first quilts.. skim my comments from yesterday for links.. then head over to Camille's link where there are another 50 or so hardy souls that bared all! Click to
MY FIRST QUILT
You may need aspirin or wine or something to get through that many... maybe a massage afterwards.. I dunno.. tell me if you look at ALL of them!
Listen, I'm the maker of the Cathedral Window skirt. and we ran in different social circles so NO body knew it was the same outfit.LOL! Gald you enjoyed my story. I'm going to email my friend to see if she has the skirt or at least a picture of it. Back to you later.
Posted by: Sharon | July 15, 2009 at 07:07 PM
oh I LOVE hearing that you guys have the fabric and are going to 'let it go'.. it's time.. really...
Posted by: Pat Sloan | July 14, 2009 at 06:20 PM
OMG, you are so right, it is time to throw that fabric out!! I have a piece in a bin on a shelf somewhere too! I just loved the color and when I love something I buy a lot of it!!!
I did not post a picture of my first quilt but I think I will this week on my blog...
Posted by: Peggy | July 14, 2009 at 05:11 PM
I'm just catching up from last week - I dont' really know which is funnier - your comments today or your first quilt. However, I have seen worse. My guild did a first and last and one of our members, who made amazing quilts, brought her first one - made with double knit fabric, no pattern used, just cut in pieces and stitched together - the colors didn't even match. When she first opened it, there was complete silence in the room and then laughter that lasted for about 5 minutes.
I have to confess, I too have that blue fabric. I recently cut it into 2 1/2 inch strips to make some utility quilts, along with all the other "what was I thinking" fabric. It was the first fabric where I actually bought lots of yardage although I have no idea why.
Posted by: SuzK | July 14, 2009 at 04:17 PM
hehe.... Cherry pie with pie crust on top, because I eat pie for the pie crust on top!
Posted by: Pat Sloan | July 14, 2009 at 08:40 AM
I would be happy to send you a PIE .... Not sure it would survive the postal system...LOL
Posted by: Nancy | July 14, 2009 at 08:29 AM