My First Completed Quilt

I have to toot the horns of Alex Anderson and Liz Aneloski. If it wasn't for the straight-forward no-nonsense approach found in Super Simple Quilts #1, I may have never made my first quilt. Now that the quilt is finished, it will soon be delivered to its new owner, who is a 1-month old very important delivery herself.

It took me three years to approach quilting because I didn't think I had the discipline or perfectionism to get a project done properly or without losing interest along the way. I am the queen of quick, easy projects – in the past my crafts had to accommodate my short attention span and desire for somewhat instant gratification.

There is a myriad of explanation missing from Super Simple Quilts which is precisely what makes it such a great book for a beginner like me. It tells you what you need to do to create a quilt you like the quick, easy, and stylish way. The hardest part is choosing your fabrics! And that's still really fun because you don't even have to decide which of the three quilts in the book you're going to be doing until you start cutting. I used fabric from Piece O'Cake's fabric line, Elanor's Picnic. As to which fabric would go where - I changed my mind a hundred times and had to consult a few of the experts in my office. Despite lots of mistakes - some i fixed, some i didn't - I am very happy with my final result. (And I am already working on my next quilt top!)