The first quilt I ever started has been finished! 

The first block was made in May 2008.  I managed to make some more that July, then had the top pieced and borders added by the end of that month.  A month or two later I pieced together a backing and pinned everything together for quilting.  Then it sat.  And sat.  And sat.

Eventually I bought a walking foot and learned to use it.  So last week it was quilted, and the binding sewn on.  So here it is – more than a year after it began!

Calico and Leftovers.  All sewn from stash fabrics, the majority left over from dressmaking projects.  Many of the churn dash fabrics represent dresses I made for one of my girls.

I even managed to mitre the corners (some slightly better than others) and figured out how to join the binding on the diagonal.  I quilted in the ditch around each of the blocks and the sashing as well as 1/4 inch inside the centre of each block.

Clare is still insisting that I should have replaced the darkest block with another fabric, but since it was my very first patchwork block I insisted on keeping it in!  The quilt is a decent lap size.  I am rather chuffed.