The Famous First Quilt.....

Right, let's get the ball rolling...

Here it is - my very first, properly completed, project (although some will argue that as I'd never heard of 'blocking' at this point and towards the end it was a bit of a rush job....not like me I know!)

I decided in 2004 that I would save money by making Christmas gifts for our family instead of buying them and it would mean more too that I'd took time to make things. So off I toddled to some craft shops and ended up spending a fortune on all the things I needed (and didn't need if I'm honest!).

For my mum I decided to make a patchwork quilt - a bigger task than I'd anticipated but I'm so glad I did it now - and because I spent around £100 on the materials and tools and didn't have any money left to buy a backup gift I had no choice but to finish it this time! So I started it in June thinking I had plenty time to get it finished then start on other things, only to realise 6 months later....on Christmas Eve.....that it surprisingly took a long time to make! I was up until around 1am on Christmas morning finishing the quilt, acquiring a few cuts and pricked fingers from a mixture of tiredness and frustration - I can honestly say that blood, sweat and tears were shed in the efforts to finish the quilt....but finish it I did and I couldn't be prouder. And the cherry on the cake was seeing my mum's face on Christmas morning when she opened it, priceless.