I received my kit from Quilts For Kids about ten days ago and I have been so excited and anxious to get started. So far it is going well. I have the quilt top finished ( well except for adding the boarder) and it looks pretty good! I am actually proud of it, there are a couple of places that are not exactly right, but on the whole it is good.
First I sewed the strips together. I then cut them into 3 1/2 X 6 1/2 inch rectangles( really 2 squares), then I paired them into blocks of 2 rectangles (or 4 squares) I then alternated a 4 square block with a solid block.. 6 rows of 5 blocks across. After making all the rows across I sewed them all together. Making sure all the points line up is a bit tricky, but I really had no trouble with that. It really was pretty easy, if you can sew a strait stitch you can make this simple quilt!
These are photos are the finished top. I am on Fall Break all this week and hope to complete the quilt by the weekend. I do have to go to the dentist tomorrow ( I would rather give birth again to my son that weighed 11.4 pounds then go to the dentist!) but hopefully I will only be out of commission one day! I will update when finished!
Happy Sewing!
check out my other post about Quilts For Kids...
http://glosews.blogspot.com/2011/10/quilts-for-kids.html#more
http://glosews.blogspot.com/2011/10/free-kit-from-quilts-for-kids.html
