{"id":644,"date":"2014-09-11T08:38:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T22:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bindandfold.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2014-09-11T08:38:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T22:38:38","slug":"quilt-making-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bindandfold.com\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"Quilt Making Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"First<\/a>
My very first ‘dream baby’ quilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve always been fascinated with quilts. There is something about the repetitive nature of quilt design that just makes me happy, and for me, quilting was the starting point of everything I know about sewing.<\/p>\n

I first tried sewing when I began high school. My school prescribed to some weird gender based division of classes for year 7 and the girls did home economics and sewing, and the boys did woodwork and metalwork. Then after 2 terms we switched. It was pretty terrible as I recall, and I truly HATED being made to do cooking and sewing. I was a total tomboy and i was incredibly aggravated that I had to go and do “girly” things.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to now and i love both of those things, \u00a0how times have changed!<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>
Back of the dream baby quilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2008 I decided the time was ripe for me to make my first quilt. Before i lashed out and bought myself a sewing machine, I borrowed an old janome from my friend Sarah and set about sewing together a cot quilt for the child I hoped to one day have.<\/p>\n

\"Third<\/a>
Third attempt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the time I reached the quilting stage I realised I already wanted to do another, so I handed Sarah back her sewing machine\u00a0and bought myself the cheapest one\u00a0I could lower the feed dogs on and embarked on my freehand quilting journey. It lasted all the way through a total of 4 quilts, and by the last one I was massively pregnant. So that was the end of that!<\/p>\n

I kept up with my sewing though, trying out many things, and I am ever thankful to quilting. It taught me to sew a straight line, that is for sure.<\/p>\n

\"Fourth<\/a>
Fourth Quilt – Broken Dishes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the last few months I have returned to quilt making. It’s a good feeling to make something so substantial and invest a lot of myself into, and I’m looking forward to making many more. I’ve got lots of designs stuck in my head that I need to create. They’ll all take time, but as the saying goes “anything worth doing, is worth doing properly.”<\/p>\n

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