![]() We’ll get to this in a minute but finishing a quilt is often the hardest part. They also have a really good video on How to Tie a Quilt. It’s the first thing you see when you walk into my house and no one has ever said anything negative, even when I point out all the flaws. I kept it to remember where I started, every quilt I’ve made since then has gotten better.Īlso to remind me that I’m my own worst critic. Maybe 1/4 of my points match, it’s supper wavy and pretty unevenly quilted. It’s hanging in my kitchen and it is terrible. ![]() The first quilt I ever made from start to finish is the Moda Love Wall Hanging. There is an entire section of free patterns on the Jordan Fabrics website and most, if not all, have video tutorials that go along with them. ![]() I’ve also bought a lot of fabric from them and they have amazing customer service. One of the first people that really sold me on the idea that I could make a whole quilt on my own was Donna Jordan from Jordan Fabrics. They’re all incredible quilters who make gorgeous quilts and really push the idea that nothing has to be perfect. There are four channels that really helped me get over my perfection issues. More importantly, watching people make imperfect quilts. If I had to name the one thing that really pushed me to get out of my own way more than anything else was watching people make quilts. It started out with soap making tutorials and eased into my watching hours and hours of quilting. We kicked off quarantine in the end of a New York winter and my kids and I spent a shameful amount of time watching YouTube. I’d recommend a more direct path to making your own quilts. While you could take the route I did, collect quilting books & patterns for 10+ years, paint quilt blocks on plywood & sheet metal, and stalk online fabric stores buying fabric until you think your dog is going to change the wifi password unless you actually use it for something. It took 2020 to finally get me to make my first quilt and if anything I’m sad for all the time I’ve wasted (and all the cool fabric I’ve missed out on!). I just had a mental block the size of Texas about quilting. I’ve made really ornate dance costumes that took 10x as much work as a quilt, every pair of curtains I’ve ever hung and so many Halloween costumes. Not to mention, I’ve literally been sewing since I was 12. My craft room is lined with quilting magazines and quilting books picked up at garage sales and used book stores over the last 10 years and I still didn’t make my first quilt until 2020. This character flaw has never served me well in life. It really comes down to this: I’ve always had a problem doing something unless I already know I can do it. But actually making a quilt? It always seemed impossible. I have always loved the idea of quilting, I love quilts, I’m lucky enough to have an aunt who is an amazing quilter and I have quite a few from her. ![]() I’ve been sewing for over a decade but I had a serious mental block against quilting that I didn’t get over until a global shutdown kept me in the house for a year. My goal is to share my own experiences and hopefully help someone currently standing in their own way. I have struggled with anxiety and depression my entire life, I’ve been in therapy and on medication, this is just a look at how I handle my brain. This is not intended to be mental health or medical advice. If you’re anything like me, the only thing stopping you being being a quilter is you. Quilting is a great way to work out nervous energy and make something beautiful and practical.
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