Kirby Quilt WIP

[Lalina]

I have never made a quilt before but I am not a stranger to sewing and thought I would give it a try. There was some cuddly polyester chenille fabric on sale the other day so I ended up buying a heck of a lot of fabric for a Kirby quilt. One of the ladies at the store told me to not cut my squares any smaller than 5in. I should have trusted my first instincts and made smaller squares anyway @_@ the fabric would have been fine. I don't have enough floor space to work on a 2m x 2m blanket .

Anyway, I've come too far to not finish this project. I just need to accept the fact that I am going to have a large blanket on my hands. Here is a picture of my messy workspace with a number of quilt pieces lying around:

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I am beginning to realize that sewing a basic sprite-based quilt is much much faster than crocheting an afgan but double the price to make (well... it is kind of my fault that I'm using chenille but it's so so soft. How could I resist?)

[rockinwithrammstein]

I can't wait to see this! I envy quilters a lot, my finances don't allow for me to take up the hobby :/

[Lalina]

I got frustrated with my quilt (it is going to take significantly more work to secure the batting than I originally planned) soo it is currently on the backburner. I have way too many Christmas gifts to finish to waste time working on a quilting project that is out of my comfort level. But, I still wanted to make a quilt soo I took advantage of a sale on fleece and decided to make a starman tied throw from the Mario games. I will be using it as an alternative to a complicated cross stitch pattern that I do not have the time to finish before my secret Santa deadline. Now to continue working on all of gifts the other that I still haven't finished @_@

Current Progress on Kirby Quilt:

This picture was actually taken a few days after the initial post

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Mini Project to Sate my Quilting Itch:

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[TigerLily]

I love the Starman quilt! So cute. It looks nice and comfy too. Well done!