My First Quilt For My Baby Boy - Make It Monday by A Panama Mama

Last week for Make It Monday, I showed you my favorite quilt. Today, I would like to show you the quilt that started it all, my very first quilt.

I had always been interested in quilting but didn’t really know how to sew. When my first son was a baby, I found a local quilt shop that did a class to teach you how to quilt and you only had to be able to sew a straight line. I figured I could do that, so I enrolled! We followed a pattern in class. We met once a week for a few hours and had to finish the rest of the assignment at home each week. I loved getting to go to class and learn my new favorite hobby.

I picked out the fabric all by myself. Some of it was from my stash and I bought some that coordinated. I decided to make it for my son. Here is the quilt top sitting in rows waiting to be sewn together.

So, with a very good newborn, I started quilting in my free time - when he napped, when I trapped him in his swing for a little while, when he was in bed at night. It was a lot of fun and began my love of quilting.

It is smaller than a twin size. The back has solid green flannel. It was quilted in diagonal lines (which was actually kind of difficult to keep it all square). I don’t remember the name of the pattern and never plan to do some of those squares again!! I sewed and quilted this with my Brother sewing machine, and the binding was done by hand.

My son turns 9 next week and here he is all wrapped in his quilt after I finally finished it. I think he was 2.

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