Miss Giggles: Beginnings Quilt

Beginnings - A Quilt
September 2005

I'm still working on hand quilting my scrappy spool quilt. But over Labor Day weekend I decided I really want a quilt that fits my queen sized bed now. So I pieced one together and then tied it rather than quilted it. It's so good to have a quilt that I can pull up to my chin and still have it over my toes.

The quilt I saw that inspired this was called a Butterfly Flip quilt. The fabric for the green border is called "Beginning of Life." I love the green fabric. I wonder what else I can use it for. So between the butterflies and the name of the border, I decided to call my quilt "Beginnings."

Here's a whole picture documentary of me putting the quilt together.

ironing the material	cutting strips	cutting more strips
all the strips	sewing the butterfly squares	cutting off the excess
ironing the butterfly squares flat	sewing a pieced and plain square together	ironing the seams
sewing the main blocks	sewing blocks together	sewing rows together
with the first border	with the second border	all three borders
tying the quilt backstage at the melodrama	the finished quilt

This is the quilt, the pillows to match my spool quilt, and my finished bedroom curtains.