Let the Quilting Begin!!

I'm very excited to announce that I will be attempting to sew my 100 Good Wish Quilt for our dear daughter. The sewing lesson that I had this week was short and sweet. Basically she showed my how to thread the machine and were the bobbin goes and then told me to sew a straight line on a piece of scrap fabric.

I sewed three strait lines and I was told "You can sew".

Basically, for the project that I'm trying to do it is all strait lines. I will be sewing the top pieces of the quilt together and I will need to hire someone to do the actual quilting. I'm planning on making a Queen size so that will need a real big sewing machine when it comes time to quilt.

I picked out a pattern. Because I have so many different types of fabrics I chose to make an "Arkansan Crossroads" quilt. This quilt is made up of 2x2 inch squares of different fabrics and I think that it's going to look great!!

Here is the picture from the book that I purchased--the book is called: Quilts from the Heart *Quick projects for generous giving by Karin Renaud. This book is great...the patterns are geared for the beginner or advanced beginner quilter...just up my alley!

These are smaller quilts that are donated to different causes for children. I loved the look with all the different fabrics so I just need to increase the size to accommodate a Queen...but any way...I can go on and on...wish me luck! This should keep me busy during the winter. I'm turning the nursery into a guest/sewing room until we get referral.

Here is the picture: