The Amateur Quilter

Many of my followers and quilting friends have told me that I need to change the name of my blog because I am not an amateur, but at heart, I always will be. I call myself an amateur to remind me that every stitch, every fabric shape and every seam is more perfect when it looks like it was made by a human being (especially if it’s me, and I am not perfect). This way I spend more time admiring my finished masterpieces and less time ripping out stitches. This is just a little bit of my journey...

Monday, February 27, 2012

It's Good to Be the Queen...

So, I'm making Log Cabin blocks, then drawing a line diagonally on the back of one, sewing a seam on both sides and cutting it in half:

It gets repetitive and boring, so I have to work on it a little at a time and intermittently work on something else :) It's from a pattern called A Simple Welcome that I saw on Easy Quilts from McCall's. It's going to be a Queen sized quilt, so it's a big deal since it's my first one of this magnitude. There will be 42 of these blocks and a six inch border. In the end, this quilt will belong to my mother.

Later,

Mike.

2 comments:

Vroomans' Quilts said...: This is simply wonderful and a huge undertaking. I look forward to it's progress.; February 28, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Mike Pearson said...: It will be the largest quilt I've ever stuffed into the throat space of my machine! I'm sure it will be a workout!; February 28, 2012 at 9:16 PM