Hi, everybody! I've been lurking for a little while (about 2000 msgs worth, which does not take long for this group!). I've finished my very first quilt, even though I had very little idea of what I was doing. It was lots of fun and I want to do *more*. A picture of it is here (the 'with toes' refers to my toes and the dog's toes that are also in the picture).
I made it out of cotton flannel top and back, the nice heavy stuff, with a single layer of cotton batting. I used the machine for everything. I will give it to a friend of mine, due in October, for a lap quilt. I just turned the backing over the edges and topstitched to finish the edges. I think, on reflection, that the edge is too wide, but I'll just pretend I intended that all along :) There are a lot of things I'll do differently for the next quilt, but I'm pretty pleased with this one. I'll be sorry to see it go.
liz young in sunny california