My First Ever Quilt Top

So excited!  I finally found a few minutes to be able to upload the pictures..... of my first ever, in my entire life,  quilt

My inner border is not straight - but I am not sad..... I actually learned that placement of your sewing machine can alter the outcome of any sewing project - so I have tweaked the craft/sewing room again and moved the sewing machine....  

This week - I learned how to sandwich my quilt and got a great back fabric for my first ever, in my entire life, quilt.....  

I got some more of the brown fabric and once I learn to actually quilt all three layers, I am going to bind it in brown.  

To quilt - I may have to invest in a new sewing machine.  I love the one I have now - but I cannot get a walking foot or a free motion foot for it.  Unfortunately, this quilt is just too large and I live in a very warm climate, to hand quilt.  It would just take too long :( 

Tomorrow is a super busy day.  I get to spend some time with my Prayer Shawl ladies and I have my first class in Quilt 102!!!  Yes, that is right - I am going to start another quilt top tomorrow.... I am so EXCITED!  This is going to be a sampler quilt, so I will learn several new block patterns which even include piecing with triangles..... (no curves yet).  So I already purchased my fabric for the new quilt top.  I have to admit that I originally thought that I really did not want to make another large quilt (My first ever, in my entire life, quilt is almost twin size!)  I wanted to spend a little more time on the new techniques.  But the fabric bug bit and bit hard..... so I got enough to make another twin size... you know, just in case.....  

I LOVE my focus fabric.... so much so that I got about 1/2 yard more than I need for the quilt..... I wanted extra - for a pillow or cover or pillow case or something absolutely fun.  

See that awesome green fabric on the bottom - that is the LOVE fabric... isn't it so pretty?  I just might have to use pink for my inner border and binding... I do not think I could do the whole back in pink though.  

Well, I need to go and relax a little before my long day tomorrow.....  I said I had tweaked the craft/sewing room a bit.....  Look at this awesome chair that I have wanted for awhile and was able to get it this week..... and the owners gave me the chair because I loved it so much.  The ottoman is a birthday present from my youngest.....  What a great relaxing spot..... Michael and Susie have given their approval.  

Finally...... but not yet.....

Oh life has been busy.....  and I am not so oblivious (well, okay - I have been known to be a bit clueless - but not about this) to believe that I am the only one in this whole wide world that is busy...... and I know that my busyness is a bit different than others!  

Okay that being said, I have been busy with my very first ever in my entire life ever...... drum roll please....... QUILT TOP!   Yay!  I finally did it.  You can ask any one of my kids and they will tell you that all they have ever heard me whine talk about is learning to quilt and make quilts.....  Okay - that is a mistake - my kids heard rules, love, rules, encouragement, rules, my mistakes, love, rules..... all the stuff that they needed to hear and learn while I had the honor of being their mom..... but when I talked about myself.....they heard all about the quilts.  

So it is pretty awesome that I finally was able to follow through with something they heard me say I wanted to learn. (Oh no - they are all grown and I have another life lesson for them!)  

Now...... I have taken pictures of this first time ever quilt top and I promise to post them.....  so that is why this is the "Finally..... but not yet....." post.  I have to download the pictures and I need a little bit of time and I do not have it today..... yes, busyness again.  

You see, since I was spending A LOT of time on the first time ever quilt top (and a trip to San Diego in the mix) - I let other things go...... like laundry, bathroom cleaning, vacuuming, grocery shopping, dusting, window washing.... you get the picture.... some of the yuckiness of life.....  and I also let my card sending, letter writing and blog posting get away from me.... these are the much better things in life.....  

So between the bathroom scrub down and the folding of the laundry (oh yeah, and washing the fabric for the quilt backing and binding!!!!!) I wanted to write a blog post....  

I have made so many new friends from the July Blog Party hosted by the lovely Karen Valentine..... so I wanted to touch base with you all and hopefully tomorrow I will find a little time to upload pictures... and if something of the yuckiness of life does not get done.... then......... 

Oh well.