My quilt

While Benton and I were living in Illinois we decided I should find a hobby, something that I loved doing just for me. Well we found out we were moving back to Utah, so I held off on finding my hobby. Once I was settled back in Utah, I decided to take a quilting class and see if it's something I liked doing. I started in the middle of September and went to class each week for about 6 weeks. I took my class in Sugar House at Pipers Quilts & Comforts.

The first night we practiced and made our first square. I didn't end up using this square as a part of my quilt since I used a different pattern but it turned out pretty cute.

 

I hadn't realized how much cutting and organizing went into quilting. Our teacher told us to find a pattern from a book or the internet and she'd help us figure it out. Well I didn't realize that I had picked a really difficult pattern especially for a first time quilter. She reassured me we could do it, but I would just need to be really organized. For me that's easy, I'm all about organization so it worked out really well.

My pattern told me to pick out 28 different fat quarters (pieces of material) for my quilt. It was so much fun, since there were so many cute patterns to choose from.

 

Here's an idea of how complicated my pattern was...

 

 

Once I had the fabric and I had a plan, I begin cutting.

 

There also is a lot of ironing that takes place...

 

Once all cut and organized i began sewing together the rows.

 

Once I began sewing the pieces together I didn't get any more pictures of the process. Once I had all the rows sewed together, I took it to the quilters who stitched the back, the batting and the front of the quilt together. I didn't realize they didn't bind the edges, so I got the quilt back in the middle of November and had it siting in the closet until this past week.

Thanks to my cute friend Danielle, who kindly let me come along to her grandmas house who showed me how to bind it together. I figured it wouldn't take long to do, boy was I wrong. It took a good 6 hours to finish, but it was well worth it!

Now the finished product! I made this cute quilt for Cambree, something I could pass along to her and hopefully she can give to her daughter one day.

Front of the quilt...

 

Back of the quilt...

 

Close up of each side...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm in love with it and I am so happy I made something so meaningful for Cambree. Now I need a sewing machine so that I can continue on this new found hobby!

Last few days...

Saturday was our last day at sea, which we decided to take it easy. Cambree still had a temperature, a molar was trying to come through which made her fever.

Cambree as you can see was exhausted.

 

Later that afternoon we decided to go sit out by the pool. I ordered a drink, which Cambree took control of.

 

Doesn't this look relaxing? I took this from our balcony.

 

On Sunday we woke up to Galveston, Texas. As you can see it wasn't the weather we had been experiencing.

 

Cambree still woke up grumpy, I felt so bad for her. She would hold onto her mouth, and as you can tell she was in pain.

 

All 26 met upstairs to wait till our number was called to debark from the ship.

 

We distracted her by making scuzzy faces.

 

She thinks it's pretty funny when she gives us a mean look!

 

Benton and I stayed with Kattie's family until we flew out on Tuesday. The Maughan family had the same idea, so we had a household full of family.

One morning I woke up because Cambree was sleeping with us and it was a little uncomfortable. I came back in the room to check on her and she was sleeping upside down next to Benton.

 

At the airport Benton and I flew different airlines, so I had the opportunity to entertain Cambree again. I must say being at the airport with her is one of my least favorite things. Thankfully they had a yummy donut store we could enjoy to pass our time.

 

 

Once home and in the car, she finally fell asleep. Vacations are tiring!

 

Thanks again Linda and Tony! We really enjoyed our time all together. We love you guys very much!