A Quilt Top...

And a 10 on Thursday...

First, here's the quilt top.





I still have to pick out the reverse side fabric and actually quilt it together, which I have a feeling is more difficult than sewing the quilt top! I'll let you know.

And my Ten on Thursday, the quilting edition.

1. Make sure you check the size of the quilt you're quilting before you get started. I seriously thought this was a lap quilt. I'm pretty sure it will fit on a twin size bed. =) Whoops.

2. Don't try to think up 10 things about quilting while you're trying to sew a straight line.

3. If you tell yourself "it's ok, nothing's perfect" ten times over about a particular imperfection, it's not ok and it's going to drive you nuts.

4. Rotary cutters are the coolest invention ever.

5. They're also wicked sharp. Ouch!

6. Just because you can cut 10 layers of fabric with a rotary cutter doesn't mean you should.

7. Quilting isn't as hard as I thought it would be. It's just fabric and thread.

8. If you don't cut something precisely, it'll drive you nuts when you have to sew it. The sashing on the side (the white pieces) were cut like 10 layers at a time and there's a tiny wiggle in my cutting that echoed through all 10 layers. Trying to sew that in a straight line is no fun at all.

9. I need one of these. Aren't they beautiful?

10. I totally see why some quilts are $200 bucks. They're not the cheapest things if you use nice fabric and it's a fair amount of work! I'm sure the more intricate designs REALLY are. This one probably cost me around 75 bucks not counting the tools to get started.

Here's the Product list...

First, the quilt top I saw that made me want to do it...

http://retromummy.blogspot.com/2010/01/quilt-top.html

(See? Does it look huge? I was thinking lap quilt and just forced that image into a lap quilt size, I think.)

The Pattern

The remarkably helpful directions.

The fabric was from here, but I bought the last set. It was Amy Butler Daisy Chain fat quarters. There were 10 of them, and they were 30 bucks.

Then batting, and sashing fabric from Hancock, the batting is cotton instead of polyester and was 34 for 3 yards, and the sashing was 16 bucks or so. Add a couple of spools of thread and there ya go.

I'll post pictures when I finish it, which saying that is like the kiss of death as far as actually posting them, but I think in this case I most certainly will show it off. Maybe I'll get it done this weekend, we'll see.