First Quilt Finally Finished!!!!

I'm so excited that I finally finished my quilt that I started at the end of December, I love how it turned out!!!

Sewing Machine Cover

Made this cover for my machine out of some pretty fabric I had! I like it!

 Unfortunately though, I haven't finished my first quilt yet because I am hired making a quilt for my cousin and have turned most of my focus to that. (Or at least tried to focus on it). Have a nice day!                                                                            -Amber

 

 

 

My New Project

Taking on a king sized quilt for my cousin Scott!

This will be fun :)

 

 

 

 

Better Pictures!

I'm so happy with all the sewing I am getting done! I'm nearing the quilting phase of my quilt and i'm so excited!!! I though I would give better pictures because the last one I put up was horrible.  -Amber :)


So much of the front done!! :) (7/13 rows!)

On other ladies' quilt blogs, they always have pictures of their cuddly little cats lounging all over their quilts. I was jealous, so I had my silly little dog Jake lay on mine! I guess he does just as well.

The backing fabric along side the front, I think that the colors are going to look great together!!!
(ignore that cheese-it on the quilt, we had to get the dog to sit still somehow!;)
 

Progress!

I'm so excited that i'm actually getting closer to a finished quilt! Yesterday I went to joanns and got my backing fabric and some warm & natural! My mom swears that green and pink don't match, but my quilt is going to look lovely :) I have sewn 4 rows and 9 more rows of blocks to go! Sorry for the poor picture quality.
                                                                                                            -Amber :)

Hey everyone!

So, I haven't posted in almost a month. For a quilt update, all of my 195 squares are sewed half ways, and I half 100 left to square off! Maybe on the weekend. Batting coming soon. For today's post though, I thought I would share my thimble collection! I have collected them since I saw one when I was little and though it was so pretty! I didn't even know what it was for, and it says September (my birthday is in March). So far I have 27 thimbles. Today I was gifted 4 new thimbles that my boyfriends mom found! Someday I hope to snatch a few from my grandma's  lovely collection. Here is a picture of all of them lined up, maybe soon I will do a few close ups! I will try to post as soon as I can! Please come back to read more.
                                                                                 From,
                                                                                      Amber :)

Quilt Update!

Hello! Sorry I haven't made a post for a very long time. I have a lot less time to work on my quilt since I started it on Christmas break because I have school again now. If I have a snow day soon i'll get a lot done! Although, this was a weekend so I accomplished quite a bit! I finally go all of my squares cut out!!! Now I just have to sew the rest of them, iron and square. Then I am on my way to a finished quilt top! So excited! Please come back to read more and Leave comments or email me about anything quilt related, including advice and tips! Thanks!
                                                                                                               -Amber :)

Gotta love the holidays!

Joann Fabrics sale

I was so excited about the great deals at Joann's today! Even though I only went to look around I ended up coming out with a much needed bigger cutting mat! I got a 18''x24'' for just $16.19!! (The green one below). I was so excited! It is such an improvement from the tiny one I was working with before. My quilter's ruler I ordered is in the mail! All cutting mats and rotary cutters are 40% off along with a lot of other great things in the store! I also came out with some tailor's chalk and some needle threaders to make my life easier! Take advantage of the great sale! I would love to get some comments! Have a happy and safe New Years everyone!
                                                                                                     -Amber :)

Helpful Tutorial on Layering/Assembly!

I found this tutorial while surfing the web for quilting ideas. It shows step by step how to assemble all of the pieces of a quilt together (which I didn't know how to do before). The only thing it really doesn't show is how to bind the edges (which I think I understand from searching the web multiple times). Plus, she made a beautiful sheep quilt to model with! Enjoy!
                                                                                                    -Amber :)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Assembling-a-Quilt/

New Additions

Additions to my sewing kit

Yesterday I was lucky enough to go spend some of my Christmas money which was mostly in Walmart gift cards. I bought the rest of my fabric needed to finish my quilt front and a few new things to fill a sewing kit.  (A very measly sewing kit, but it works for me). My purchases included more bobbins, a new stich ripper, quilting needles for my machine, and a box for pins (I prefer a box for pins to a pin cushion). I am also making more progress and getting more squares cut out today! And with designing future quilts. I am looking into buying some quilting templates as well. Does anyone have any input on using templates? What do you keep in your sewing kit?  Have a nice day!
                                                                                                           -Amber  :)

                                                                                                   

 

My First Quilt

Going out on a limb

I have done small projects with normal square quilting, (which is of course lovely! such as the pillow above from home ec. class) but for my first full quilt, I wanted something a little less simple, a little more versatile. I decided to go with a simple herringbone pattern (this one made with half squares), inspired by the Crafty Blossom blog! (craftyblossom.blogspot.com, well worth visiting!). I like the solids for the front with patterns on the back like she uses.

I chose electric green (green is my favorite color) and a slate gray for my quilt face. Today being the day after Christmas and with the snow storm we have going on outside, I had a lot of time to work on this.  Today I got 64 squares done, and found that I needed to buy more fabric to finish my squares with.

My method was to put a green and gray square on top of one another (right sides together), cut diagonally in half, pin, and sew.

This is my progress so far, which I am very proud of! I will keep you posted as I get closer to a completed quilt! I would love to hear any tips or comments anyone has! Thanks for visiting!

                                                               -Amber :)

To Introduce Myself

Hello! My name is Amber and I am 15 from Ohio. I have always loved sewing, but I never had my own machine until I saw a Black Friday add for a $50 one! Hence I now own a Brother and I love it! I really love all the quilts that I see and the heart-warmy feel that they have. This blog will how I share my experienced as I learn how to quilt and sew more. I apologize in advance for any wrong terminology, i'm new to a lot of this! Thank you for reading, feel free to contact me! :)
                                                                                                           -Amber