My Quilt

September was National Sewing Month according to Joann's. I decided to partake and challenge myself to a quilt. Michelle posted a quilt she'd made for a niece and I loved the design/pattern. So I used her tutorial as well as the help of other bloggers and I now have a finished product.

First, I invested in the Olfa Deluxe Ergonomic rotary cutter plus the pinking blade, this tool alone made cutting all those squares so easy, and NO edges frayed.

I did a lot of math and bought enough fabric to make a double size quilt, then I cut squares, stitched, and cut again based on Michelle's instructions. Then I laid all the squares out in the pattern I desired for my quilt top and sewed them all together.

With the top put together, it was time to get some batting and back the quilt. Thank goodness for Pinterest! I found this pin to Diary of A Quilter's Beginning Quilting Series. The Batting 101, Intro to Quilting 101, Machine Quilt Binding 101, and Bias Binding 101 were EXTREMELY helpful!

I laid out and taped the backing, placed the batting over it, and rolled the top out so that all layers were smooth. I then pinned them all together using dozens of long straight pins. I machine quilted using the above-mentioned tutorial and instructions in my sewing machine's manual. Quilting is tough, but with a lot of patience, it can be done!

Notice that I had help quilting.

For the binding, I purchased Wright's Double Fold Bias Tape: Quilt Binding. I then followed a combination of found tutorials. This tutorial was the simplest and most helpful, however I used tips from this one to join the bias tape at seams (also use it if you want rounded corners).

Happy quilting!