I think one of my very first posts on my blog was about my very first quilt, which I called "The Green One" not having been able to come up with a more clever name.  That quilt was made out of all the scraps of all the light green fabrics I had saved over the course of 30 years of sewing, all with the idea that I would "make a quilt someday"


Of course, I had no idea how I was actually going to accomplish this, but eventually, the fateful day came when I decided that I had enough scraps to make my very first quilt. (As you can see, even then, I loved to work with a limited palette.)



Hard to believe that that quilt, made in April of 2008, would be what started it all. :) 

Anyway - I had some further scraps left over and decided that I wanted to use them up, (including some green velvet that I had not used in the original quilt). (Yes, those really are the same scraps - it's just the lighting is really different!)


And the back is made out of a single piece of that green velvet - so the quilt is soft as buttah.

Although on that first quilt, I tried my first free motion quilting, (with the feed dogs up) and though I've spent the intervening years learning how to do intricate and beautiful FMQ  - I just feel like channel quilting is more contemporary. 

So, this little cutie, called "Stepping Stones" is 45 inches square, channel quilted and done. 

Next week, I'll have some cool stuff to show you!