charlie brown

Okay before anyone coos,

this is my first machine jobby.

Its a learning quilt to let me see if I can actually handle 

machine patchwork.

Let me say that there are MANY issues,

but that was the whole point right?

I didnt want to cut up the lovely fabric

before I'd even tried me out first!

 

I believe that patchwork can be made from whatever fabric you have

Special quilting fabrics are lovely,

and I will be using them on quilts I plan to sell.

However traditionally quilts were made up with
scraps of fabric,

there werent quilt shops back in the day.

This being an experimental quilt

I have used a 100% cotton beige sheet and
some plain white cotton.

 half square triangles make up this zig zag pattern.

The easiest way is to take two 10" squares of each colour

place them right sides together

draw a line from corner to corner.

Then simply sew1/4" either side of the line

and cut down the pencil line,

and you have two hst

This very much reminded me of Charlie Brown hence the name.

first ever use of walking foot and quilting bar.

homemade binding

floral backing

So things I've learnt:

squares must be accurate

(to achieve perfect points)

iron all seams to the light side

light weight fabrics should not be used for backing

(puckering!)

dont ever quilt so close again

(I cant sew straight and it ate up my thread!)

Dont sew too scant a seam when attaching the binding

(as you'll miss some of the edge when sewing
as I have done!)

check the bobbin thread before setting off

(to avoid sewing imaginery lines on you quilt!)

check the backing is still taut

(to avoid puckering and unpicking!)

 I spy with my little eye something beginning with F

 (Diane!)

On the whole some very good things learnt!

I really like the colour way too.

Hopefully something very pretty to follow.

ps. it survived the wash!
Think it may have shrunk slightly?