The first quilt I ever made

 
I made this quilt 17 years ago, back in 1998.  I had no idea what I was doing.  My grandmother had taught me basic sewing but we hadn’t starting making quilts together yet.  This was back before youtube or video tutorials.  I found a book by Marsha Mccloskey  Quick Classic Quilts. I read thru it, went to Joann’s and picked out some print fabrics, muslin, a rotary cutter and mat.  I tried to match the fabric prints to the picture and did pretty well because darn it sure looks like the picture.  I don’t think I could do that now. 


The pattern is a Lemoyne star with set in seams (if I had only known …)   I read and sewed on my little featherweight that I had since the 1970’s.  I read some more and sewed some more.  I still have the book, the pages worn and all my yellow highlighting still intact. It was a well written book, with a “Quilter’s Primer” intro:

“The road to success is paved with know-how.  Here are Marsha’s tried and true quiltmaking techniques with step-by-step illustrations for your guaranteed success.“

The intro was followed by sections on choosing fabric and color, rotary cutting, machine piecing, setting blocks,borders and so on.


See how much mine looks like the picture? Well, it did guarantee success! Not sure who I would have contacted if it wouldn’t have come out…

Pretty good for a first time.  It took me about 2 months.  I had Linda Prater machine quilt it.  It was the first quilt that she tried to do semi-custom with border feathers.  She normally just did edge to edge.  It cost less than $40 for a queen size quilt –  oh the good old days.