I especially love the look of that line of stitches down the middle of the borders. Oh goodness.....

This quilt oozes warmth, charm and love. All very difficult to achieve, no matter what the skill level. I can understand why your daughter loves it so much, so mend with pride...after all it's a "keeper".

Karla, when I look at your quilt, first I see a lot of love and determination from a woman who really wanted to be a quilter. Next I see all the love and warmth and comfort that Rachel has gotten from it. What a beautiful quilt!!!

My first quilt was cut with scissors using cardboard templates, hand pieced and hand quilted---and I still have it. It has faded, torn and worn thin, but I hang on it for sentimental reasons.

It makes me sad that I cannot see the pictures. I don't know why...:( :( :(
But I'm sure it's beautiful. All quilts that are made with love are beautiful!

Thanks for showing us this cozy, warm looking quilt Karla! You can tell it's very loved, hence the patching.

Karla, what matters most is that you made it and you lovingly gave it to your daughter and she thinks it is special and so it is a beautiful quilt!!!

A cute story!

To me, that looks like a real quilt.

By the way, how I wish they still had those small floral fabrics today!

Oh, what a nice story. The quilt may be 'not quite perfect'[ but I understand why your daughter loves it.......it's the love that the quilt represents.
I still have my first quilt and still love it,even though it is ugly. How did we ever manage to make anything 'quilty' without a rotary cutter?

Oh you ladies will love anything! Here's the proof. :wink: Having just finished 30 Triple Irish Chain squares that needed 36 seams pinned per square, the only thing I appreciate about this quilt is the wild abandon I must have used to throw it together. Oh course I love that Rachel loves it. :-D

One of the other first quilts I made was just a panel with some quilting lines. It has read, white, and blue on the front. I added three equal width borders and finished it off. The purpose was to practice quilting techniques. Let's just say I still needed LOTS of practice. Well--my son loved that quilt. I remember one night he had lost some Silly Putty in his bed. The next night we found it stuck to the quilt. I tried to get it out, but it left a spot. I said to the sad son "It's just a dumb ole quilt anyway." He howled "It's not a dumb old quilt TO ME!" That was an eye opener and I worked some more at getting the stain out. It didn't come out, but it's just a small spot and he has four others to use now. :wink:

The lesson here is to make your first quilts when there's a child around young enough to appreciate the efforts! :lol: