AW/PIP: Cowboy baby quilts

1Thess517

I've told you about the cowboy baby quilt I was making for my friend's Miss Rodeo Nebraska coronation auction...well, I finished it yesterday. It was actually the same quilt I made for DD before she was born, which was also my first start-to-finish quilt, so I see a TON of improvement. The quilt for the auction was probably one of the fastest quilts I've ever done, and I decided to go against my own rules and I bound it by machine with invisible thread. It looks pretty good, but I'll probably never do it again unless I need a quilt done in a hurry. I just think a hand-bound quilt looks and feels so much better. And I have some traditionalist tendencies, so doing it by machine just feels so wrong. lol

(Also, I have fantastic lighting in my sewing room during the day, but it's terrible at night, especially in this corner. The color is washed out on the one for the auction (the one on the right), and the color is dull on Lily's (the one on the left), so bear with the crappy pics...)

 

 

I will eventually have a flannel design wall where these quilts are, but my makeshift "clothesline" is working for now. 

MyColonyNJ

I think it looks awesome - great job

maryandkirk0909

Good job- looks awesome!

mssaint

That's awesome! What pattern is it?

themommymonster

Adorable! Nice work!

BlueLikeJazz

Those are awesome!  Great job

WishesSheCouldCook

These are fantastic!  I hope they bring in the $$

Justinlove

Great job as always!!!

nanann

That is great -- and I love how much easier it was for  you to do now than before -- it's wonderful to actually be able to tell how much you've learned & improved!

 

And I agree with you about the complete machine binding.  I've done it a couple times and I simply can't get it looking good enough for me.