My First Quilt

I finally decided what I should create for my first quilt. It took forever, and there are at least 8 other quilts in planning... but for the first one... I decided it should be for my soul mate, my hubby, the beekeeper.

I found this great fabric at Connecting Threads. I loved all the honey combs, little bees and beautiful flowers. And then they ended up having a 40% off sale. So I snagged a bunch and got planning.










So then I started planning it out. I am still not sure about the wings, but I have a basic plan that will have me just sewing squares together for this first one. Once I got the basic plan together, I found this great white fabric with little hexagon/honeycomb designs all over that will be great for the rest of the quilt. The fabric was really fun to pick out.

But I am soooooo nervous to put this thing together. I guess making the first quilt for my love wasn't the best idea. I don't want to mess this up, and I know he will inspect it from top to bottom. I have been sewing quite a bit, but never anything this large. I don't know how I will even quilt it and I have not ordered my walking foot yet. So for now, I have a few hundred more squares to cut and lots of piecing to do.  I will probably just stare at the quilt top for a while after it is put together before basting and quilting. That will be fun!

If you have any tips for a first time quilter, please share. :)

fabric for Wall Art

Now that I have this lovely buffet in my dining room/sewing room/craft room/school room, I need to decorate it. I don't really like lots of knick knacks and such. But the walls are looking kind of bare like a staged house.... not like one that is lived in and loved.

I don't have a whole lot of cash to go into wall art and need to make my own. I kind of liked the look of the stretched fabric, but thought how sad I might be that all my lovely fabric is on the wall and not being sewn. I would probably tear it down just to get back to the fabric and make something with it.

   

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So then I was thinking that maybe I should try sewing some blocks, like blocks you would sew for a quilt and frame them to use as wall art. I would use different colors and blocks, but here is an example of someone that did use blocks on the wall.

 

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I haven't finished a quilt yet, but have been working on it. So this might be a fun project to get back into sewing with.

So then my next thought was that I should just make a mini quilt to hang over the wall. This would be even better practice for a bigger quilt.

And on the wall over by my sewing machine, I would like to decorate with a rainbow of thread. Wouldn't that look lovely? I wonder if the hubby would mind the dining room being taken over by all the sewing/quilting stuff? I guess he better just get ready for it. :)

 

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I guess I could do something not fabric related at all.... but I really don't have any ideas and it is a large wall.

What do you all do for wall art in rooms with multiple purposes?