My First Pieced Quilt!!

I have always wanted to take on the project of doing a pieced quilt.  Both of my Grandmothers are great quilters and my Great-Grandmother always had stacks and stacks of quilt tops that she loved to work on!!  So, I thought I would give it a shot!!  I went to the store, not really knowing where to even start and found a great step-by-step book on multiple differnt patterns.  I thought, "OK thats great, but now what?"  Which should I try? What fabric do I use?  I was starting to get a bit overwhealmed!!  Well I started looking around and found some fabric that looked like something my Mother-In-Law would really enjoy....horses!  and then I just went from there.  Found a couple of other coordinating fabrics and decided to just give it a try.  I decided on the Double Irish Chain pattern and bought what I would need.  Well from there I took it all home and there it sat, staring at me every day.  I was so nervous to even start cutting it.  What if I made one wrong cut?  I would have to go and buy all new fabric....ugh, and there it stayed for 3 months until one day I just told myself to get going on it!!  Needless to say, it was a fairly easy task and I really enjoyed doing it!  I loved the relaxation it gave me. Every night after the kids would go to bed I would pull it out and do a little more on it until pretty soon (about a week later) the top was done!  My Grandma was kind enough to help me quilt it and then I took to the task of doing the binding.  (A bit more tedious than the actual piecing if you ask me!)  Luckily I finished it in time for Christmas and my Mother-In-Law loved it! 

I feels so nice to accomplish something you want to try!

Now its on to the next one...just bought the fabric for it this morning! :)