First Attempt at Quilting!

To go with the card I made in the previous post I wanted to make a gift for the baby.

I knew that the nursery was having a Dumbo theme.

I found some fat quarter's in Hobbycraft that were Dumbo and in pinks perfect.

I have never made a quilt before but had brought some fabric dies to use in my Big Shot Plus,

I cut out a number of squares from each piece of material and the worked out a pattern I liked. 

Before I did any sewing I found some help from 

Pinterest and You Tube!

I sewed the squares into 12x12 blocks, then joined the blocks into rows and fixed the rows together. Amazing what you can learn online.

I then watched some more tutorials and added the wadding and backing to the panel. Then I stitched each square to give the quilting effect.

Now come the how part finishing the quilt of with some binding.

I cut 2.S" strips of the backing material and joined them together.

I then folded it in half, ironed it and attached it to the quilt.

Again this involved watching some videos of how to do cornes etc

Finally I folded the binding over and attached it on the otherside.

It had taken me an afternoon and an evening but I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Thisis for the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday ~ use a die cut

Craft Rocket Challenge ~ Anything goes

Crafting with Attitude ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for looking