My newest quilt is named Train Wrek and yes it is so bad I can't even spell its name right. This is my first pieced quilt to be finished. In fact the first to be started. When I finally convinced my wife I was going to buy a sewing machine with or without her I saw this bundle of materials at Walmart (I believe it as fat quarter?) of 5 different flannel materials. I garbed 2 bundles thinking that would be more then enough. 
Got home and started cutting them and created a design I wanted. Being a computer programmer, I created my own web page that I could use as a design board. The picture included is the original design for Train Wrek. You can see in the image its a simple pattern with 3 matching materials. But hey what is that S/O column on my page hum O could mean Over. That must me S is short, hey wait that negative 10 and negative 7 does that mean I am short material. Yes my first project was a WREK!! OK wife say hey the material pack came with more material so we added material around the one block and another checker board block. Ack color over load. Oh no this is totally a Train Wrek. But hey its for Julia Dawn, my unborn child with her laying on it, it will all be better.
The cat posing with the blanket on top is Chubby Wuby, Jared's cat. The cat posing with the back is Rat. Maybe some day I will explain his name, but not today. I finished the quilt on Jan 15th at 1 am in the morning, so the cats were sleeping and had to get them into the shot to spice it up a bit. The pizza was dinner, I refused to cook Saturday night because I was determined to get this quilt done, almost made it. 
All in all, I am quite pleased with this quilt. It is my first pieced, my first machine quilted using the "in the ditch" I believe its called style and its my first quilt binding done. The first side was terrible, I sewed a strait edge down the front of my binding (started my binding on back and finished on front to control the look of the edge or so I claim. After my straight line revealed wiggly, ugly edge I did a zigzag down it to hold the edge to the quilt better. It worked out great and the other sides were done in the same way. The corners were not well mitered and while were a wrek, but each of the 4 corners got better. I think its a total win for me. I can do any thing!! or at least I am going to keep telling myself this.
12 comments:
You did a great job for your first pieced quilt. I'm sure Julia Dawn will love how soft and snuggly it is once she gets here.
Wow, so many firsts! It is darling and your baby is very blessed to have a quilter for a fathers: ). I hope your wife is feeling well too! Thanks for linking up to LQM.
richard, you did a very nice job on the baby quilt. it will be very special to the baby, i'm sure.
btw, a 'fat quarter' is a quarter yard of fabric, cut in a rectangle, rather than as 9" and the width of fabric. usual dimensions are 18"x22". they work really well for piecing because you can get shapes bigger than 9". watch out on pricing of them, though. sometimes it's cheaper to just get a yard of the fabric if you are doing a large project.
Good for you Richard. Holes or not, I am sure the rag quilt will be well loved.
It's exactly what a baby quilt should be - bright and colorful! It looks great, and you quilted it on the machine! Even though you don't have (my favorite!) an Innova longarm! Or even a little Premier like I used to run a business for 10 years. Terrific job, Richard, and I hope you are proud of it. Save these pictures for the Men Quilt Too competition next fall!
I am sure she will love it as it was made specifically for her. Well done in finishing
Not bad at all! Great job!
Love that you are quilting.
Great job for your first quilt! You're a natural. It definitely is not a 'wrek'. In fact, it looks very soft and warm and cuddly. I am sure Julia Dawn will think so too.
You did a great job. As a beginning quilter myself I have learned that many of the minor issues that bother me are made invisible once the quilt is washed for the first time and the cotton batting shrinks by about 3%. It then has a soft lovely feel and looks ever better.
I don't think it is a train wreck at all! I love the colors. It is so colorful and pretty. And great job with the ditch quilting! This is a really great finish! Thank you for linking up.
Also, love the name you've picked for your new little one.
xo -E
¡beautiful colours!
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