New Skill: Hand Quilting
This Peter Pan Quilt was a spontaneous addition. I originally had a lap sized blanket in mind for someone but every time I worked on it, my husband would ask if we were going to keep it because he thought the fabric was so fun. I ended up having enough fabric to make a second quilt that we could keep and ended up with this twin sized quilt.
I had been inspired by a friend to try my hand at hand quilting so I thought this would be a good time to try it out. It took me a while to figure out what I was doing, and I would often put it aside for weeks or months at a time whenever I had an excuse to (or when it felt daunting). Lucky for me, I was fortunate enough to have the “help” of a toddler who went ahead and cut several random stitches. This allowed me to put off finishing it for even longer because I wasn’t sure how I was going to fix that problem.
But here we are. It’s finished. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned. I will definitely hand quilt again, but my technique will differ greatly.
In a future post, I’ll show you the complimentary quilt I made that matches this one. I also made some pillow cases to go with them.
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