One from the archives

I made my first quilt almost two years ago when our very good friends Brad and Kirsten had their first bub, Jaxon. I wanted to make them something special, that couldn't be bought at a shop (well, not ones like this) and that came from the heart. Mum was right into quilting, and I figured, as I could sew, it couldn't be that hard to do!

My first foray into quilting was a simple 9-patch design. Mum actually had the 9-patch blocks leftover from another quilt, so the hard work was (sort of) already done! Kirsten is a big fan of butterflies and Mum just happened to have the yellow fabric in the outside border which is filled with little bugs and butterflies! A perfect match :)

I really enjoyed spending the time with Mum learning to quilt and the resultant product looked pretty good too! Since making this quilt, with a lot of practice, I've been able to try new techniques and design my own quilts or adapt patterns where I like the design, but need to change the size of the finished product.  Who knows... maybe I'll branch out from baby quilts sometime soon and try something else too!