Most recently I finished my seventeenth quilt. Yes, last holidays I fell in a bit of a rut and pretty much completed a small quilt in one day. This quilt is not my design at all (however the quilting design I did change). This quilt was purchased as a kit at 'Spotlight' here in Australia and I had been waiting for a while to purchase it on sale. I simply loved the colours of the fabric and the fun butterfly designs. So during the school holidays, I cut the fabric out the night before and set out two to three days to complete this quilt. However, I completed the assembling of it in one day. I began at about 9am and continued to midnight with meal breaks in between. This was surprising to me. I will usually take more breaks and pace myself more. In this case, I just wanted to finish it. Of course, it helped that the design was already set for me and all I needed to do was follow instructions. Ultimately this was a fairly easy process and I would absolutely recommend this for beginners.
The only change I made to this quilt was the quilting design. The kit recommended a checkered design whereas I decided to quilt on the angle to create a diamond effect. This probably cut some of that time as there were fewer lines to sew.
The binding was different than what I have done in the past. This time I just folded the binding in half and sewed the raw edges in line with the edge of the quilt. This gave me a nice fold line to hand sew the binding to the back of the quilt. I liked this method but I didn't find it more efficient than my normal process.
I enjoyed making this quilt. It was simple and fun. The colours just made me happy. As far as making it in one day, I didn't expect it. I felt that is was achievable about half way through the day so I just continued. I named it "April Six" as that was the day it was completed. I hope to sell this quilt one day. Overall I'm very proud of my work and excited I was able to make a decent sized quilt within a day. Quite an achievement. Let me know your thoughts.
Thank you for reading.
Miss Mae.
