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Bridget ([personal profile] bugshaw) wrote2025-02-28 09:57 pm

My First Quilt

The cot quilt I finally made!

The front



and the back

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[personal profile] tamaranth 2025-03-03 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
dead impressed! what was the hardest aspect technically?
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[personal profile] watervole 2025-03-05 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
My sister Carolyn is a quilting geek.
She's got a website full of detailed tips.

See if this is useful - https://www.carolyngibbsquilts.co.uk/techniques/pressing-for-perfect-points/
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[personal profile] bibliofile 2025-03-07 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent work on a first piece! Yes, starting with the components all chosen might help.

> Don't go thinking a nice square check pattern will make it easy to match up your rectangles ah ha ha ha no.

LOL'd at this one. Yeah, printed patterns are no good for this. Maybe a woven one? But that's fancier fabric.