Toffee & White Gingham Baby Throw.

 Here is a little creation that has been keeping me away from card  making of late. 
I intended  to give it as a gift, but I am not 100% happy with it so it may end up as a throw on the sofa for those colder evenings.

I had a little trouble getting the camera to show it in it's true colour.  I think the closest it came was in this photo of the little boy tying his shoelaces.





                                                                                

Patchwork and Quilting are relatively new to me. 
I tried both for the first time two years ago .
I have never been into patchwork because I have never liked  the look of finished items.
But I so wanted to use these Red work designs and that meant patchwork.
I've been  watching video s on Youtube on patchwork and quilting and  I have to say the whole thing is growing on me. 

There are many very talented ladies out there making the most beautiful quilts and patchwork bed throw it astounds me. 

I especially love the quilts the ladies in the USA create. 
Their  workmanship and designs are stunning.

I still have a long way to go and lots to learn about quilting and patchwork.  So for now it's keep it simple  and keep watching  youtube for  techniques and ideas and keep practising.

Baby Quilt for a Boy

This week I have been learning to quilt.  By watching videos on you tube. My first experience of you tube was through my son, who would  view videos of people doing stupid and dangerous things. Which he found highly amusing.
It never occurred to me there would be videos on there that I would find useful  but there are hundreds, if not thousands of videos showing us how to do all sorts of things. It's actually a great learning resource. I have watched many quilting videos over the last week and learnt enough to make this baby quilt without too many mishaps.
If I had been reading the instructions from a pattern or book,  I am sure I would have made a lot of mistakes and spent a lot of time unpicking and re sewing. To be honest I probably would have lost the plot and thrown the  whole project in the bin. (I don't have  huge amount of patience when this sort of thing starts to go wrong.)
So I would just like to say a Big Thank you to all those people that take the time to make the HOW TO  videos especially.... The quilters, the cooks, the card makers and all the contributing  crafters I have learnt so much from .
Anyway this is my first attempt at making a quilt and I am quite pleased with the way it is turning out, I may even make another one in pink when this one is finished.
This was a nice easy project to start me off with. It's a quilt as you go project and being a baby quilt it's not huge so I didn't get bored and abandon it.