Blogger Quilt Festival - Fall 2010

Hi everyone,

I thought I would share one of the quilts I made at the beginning of my quilting journey.

This quilt was completed in February of 2009.

It's my Jacob's Ladder quilt.

I made it for my second oldest son.

I used scraps of fabric from my other two beds quilts that I had made for my oldest son and my daughter. You can find them here.

Even though, this was not that difficult a block pattern, 

it took me a long time to finish it. 

It was very time consuming trying to make sure that I didn't have the same colors close to each other.

I had just started quilting that year.

So, even though this is a scrappy quilt, I only had so many scraps.

I didn't have much of a stash. All my stash fit into an under bed storage bin.

One bin. LOL!!!

This was the fourth quilt that I made, and the third bed quilt.

This quilt is a twin size quilt.

The border on it was very difficult for me.

I cut all the pieces for the border with a scissor.

And well, my cuts weren't exact.

My seams weren't exact.

I was just a beginner, doing a difficult border.

It was really tough to get it to fit.

I ended up making an adjusted piece to make the border fit.

I quilted it myself.

It is very simply quilted.

But you know what?

I still love it.

It is an everyday quilt.

So, my son has it on his bed as we speak.

It's been washed many times.

It is still beautiful.

Thanks to Amy for giving us the opportunity to share our quilts with others.

Go, check out the rest of the quilts in the blogger quilt festival.

Hugs

Ariane