My First Quilt. My First TGIFF.

Molli Sparkles

Quilt maker to the stars. Spiller of truth tea.

31 Responses

  1. ~~Jo~~ says:

    You should be so so proud! It's completely amazing and sweet, your Grandma will absolutely love it 🙂

  2. Sooli says:

    Go Josh! Welcome to the dark side – once you're a quilter there is no escape! My you're a speedy quilter though, my first quilt took me about 4 years to finish! We love having you in QCA, who doesn't love a bit of sparkles! Now you need a photo of your Grandma wrapped in your quilt!

  3. MsMidge says:

    Amaze-balls! Love everything about your quilt! Happy first quilt and first TGIFF from another firsty here! xx

  4. Seriously fantastic! Well done on a beautiful first quilt! I think it is such a special gift for your Grandma. Love the quilt label too!

    I think you were incredibly restrained in your use of exclamation marks!!! So here's a few extras to celebrate your first quilt!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Josh, loved reading about your first quilt, it is beautiful. I made one for my nanna and it was on her bed when she passed away. Now it has come home to me to be passed down the family. It was all made by hand, had no sewing machine at the time and she loved it. I so wish she was still here with me. Your block bought tears to my eyes, the love you have for your grandma always let her know. Thank you Josh. Linda.

  6. audrey says:

    Congrats! This quilt is so fantastic! I love the yellow, and the pops of color in the binding are maybe my favorite part! Yay!!!!

    PS-The label is so adorable! I changed my mind. The label is my favorite part!

  7. Yes I was going to say that your photography is lovely. Can I also say that I think I love the back more than the front? I am a BIG fan of grey though. My favourite part is your wonderfully hand stitched message to your grandmother. When does she receive it?

  8. Your 1st quilt is AMAZING and you should be so proud! I love yellow and black and your finishing touches (label and backing) are wonderful. GREAT job!

  9. Pip says:

    Gorgeous!!!! I am not a big fan of yellow but you just may have converted me, your grandmother is going to love this quilt, there is so much love in it.

    Can't wait to see your next couple of quilts, I bet you have even more quilts planned now.

  10. Lis Martion says:

    Oh! You bring a tear to ones eye reading about you and grandma…I must say I was very close to my grandma too.
    Beautiful Josh…

  11. Julie says:

    How awesome and exciting! Congratulations on your first quilt.

  12. It's beautiful Josh and I love the label too! And it deserves lots of exclamation marks! Well done for quilting it yourself! Will Santa be bringing you a new machine? That's another whole universe to learn about lol well done and welcome to a fabulous addiction! I look forward to seeing more fabulous quilts in the future! Hoorah!!!

  13. M-R says:

    Yay! Yay! Yay! Congrats on your first quilt. You did a wonderful job! We're so honoured that you shared with TGIFF!

  14. Oh Joshua, it's fabulous!! Congratulations!! I bet it makes your grandma cry 🙂

  15. Waverlee says:

    There are no words!! It's fantastic. You have done such an amazing job for your first quilt. Looking forward to continuing with you on your quilting journey.

  16. A beautiful story. I'm glad you are part of the quilting community.

  17. Auntie Pami says:

    Beauty and high five!

  18. Am L says:

    That is a truly fabulous first quilt! I love the yellow and gray. Often postage stamp quilts are a little too traditional for me, but yours just pops. How lovely that it is for your grandmother.

  19. manybooks says:

    What a wonderful quilt and an AMAZING tribute to your grandma.

  20. My first quilt was yellow and black too! But yours is way more impressive. I agree that there is not enough yellow in quilting, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do next.

    (I'm pretty sure I'm a NRB, but I'm not quite sure what else I can do about it besides give an address — melintheattic(at)gmail(dot)com.)

  21. Its awesome, great work.. Its a crazy addiction this fabric/quilting journey. It makes me happy too.. your enthusiasm makes me smile!!.. love it!

  22. Cath says:

    You have captured the sun! Your eye for color is devine and it certainly caught mine as I was trawling for yellow and black quiltspiration. Thanks for sharing.

  23. Quiltefeen says:

    I sooo love your quilt! It's really beautiful.. 🙂
    Thank you for sending your inspiration to Norway 🙂 I needed a kick in the … Hihi.. 🙂
    Kristin

  24. Ro Ando says:

    I'm glad you quilted it yourself. Its lovely, like sunshine in the window when there's snow on the ground.

  25. Casey Kiley says:

    I love that you hand stitched the quilt label on the back, what a great idea. Beautiful quilt! I drive a yellow Mini – I definitely agree that the world needs more yellow. =)

  26. liz says:

    Fabulous! And I love your embroidered message to your grandmother!

  27. This is an amazing first quilt. New follower! Had to stop and say how beautiful this first one is. 🙂

  28. Carmen says:

    I love your quilt! Putting the scraps into the binding is genius and making it reversible…perfect! The message on the back to your Gramma is priceless…I just love it.

  29. Ang says:

    This is gorgeous Molli – I have a new-found appreciation of yellow & I love 'Walking on Sushine'! So, with the back & binding featuring your scraps, did you use everything up, or still have scraps left over?

  30. WOW! That’s impressive for a 1st quilt. I’m a little intimidated, not yet having finished my 1st. Condragulations!

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