First quilt top finished!

I finished my first quilt top today! I think it turned out pretty cute.


Now the only thing left to do is baste it, quilt it, and bind it. Ha, only.

I did forget to buy binding fabric and backing fabric when I bought the original fabric, so I'm going to have to wait until it gets here to do it. I'm thinking of the back being all the polka dot fabric, but with a cream background instead of black. And then the binding I'm thinking... yellow. Or maybe green. I wanted red, but I couldn't find anything that worked.

I probably won't finish this until the end of July, since my family will be in town next week and then I'm going back with them to Texas the following week. I'm sure I'll have plenty of things to blog about between now and then though. For now, it feels amazing to have made (half of) something that looks like a real thing!

Comments

Katelyn said…
Courtney, your quilt looks great! I have all the materials to make a quilt, but they've been sitting my closet for nearly four years. You're so much more disciplined than I am. :)
July 1, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Breanna said…
seriously, I can't get over how cuuuuute it is!!
July 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM
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