Favorite Little Princess

What an adventure this has been. Time to finish up my first quilt. If you are just joining, you can follow the links to  part 1 and part 2 . On my last post I had finished making the 6.5" x 6.5" squares. Actually, when I went to put them together, I found that they weren't exactly square. So I lost almost a whole day on this project tearing out stitches and re-sewing with the correct seam allowance. What a pain that was. Of course, I didn't find my seam ripper until after I had finished. After that was corrected, it was time to pin all the squares together. This pattern called for every other square to be rotated. You'll see later on. This is the first strip and you can see how the strips are rotated. You can really see it coming together after I added the  second strip of joined squares. This part went together rather quickly. Once again, it was just straight seams. Here are all the squares nicely put together and this time I managed to sew with the ri...

I like learning new crafts, but as a perfectionist, the initial process is very nerve wrecking for me. I have to constantly remind myself that it's ok for it to not be perfect - at least for the first time, ha! Onto getting this project started. You can check out my initial post about this project here . Since I work full-time, I can only do a little at a time. Quilting actually is pretty perfect for this. It's all just piece work. I started by laying out my 2 inch wide strips and then pinning two together at a time, matching up the long edges and the right sides facing each other.  Time to sew together after pairing all the strips up. This went rather quickly since it's just a straight stitch. See how easy that is? If only sewing clothes were this easy. Then I repeated with the rest of the paired strips. After sewing all the pairs, it was time to pin together the strips again making it into one large strip of the four 2 inch strips. Another easy ...

Back in June (I know that was a long time ago) I found out about Quilts for Kids on the Make it and Love it blog. I really fell in love with the idea of making one of these quilts and Ashley makes it look so easy that I sent off for my free kit right away. I've never made a quilt before, so this will be a new adventure. Well, this weekend my kit arrived! It was all packaged up in a clear Ziploc bag. All the material is pre-cut and it includes instructions for sewing together. The only thing that isn't included is the thread and batting. Lucky for me that it was coupon commotion time at my local Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store .  Now I have all my materials and I plan on referring to Ashley's post to help me though this. I'll keep you updated as I make this little journey and maybe you'll want to make one of your own.