How to sew a quilt! (Quilting 101)

Quilting is my biggest passion. I think it's probably hereditary. :D

I also think it's a skill that is useful beyond words... quilts are beautiful and functional and I consider them to be the greatest gift in the world. (Really, who wouldn't want a quilt?) They're family heirlooms, passed down through the generations until they fall apart. They're an amazing way to use up scrap fabric, and a cheap first sewing project.

Not to mention I find sewing/cutting them very therapeutic... lots of straight lines with no pressure. :)

In this instructable I'm going to take you through creating a basic queen size 9-patch patchwork quilt. These are my favorites because they are not complicated and can be completed in far less time than other quilt types.

I'll teach you about the tools needed for quilting, how to cut squares, choosing fabrics, batting, making a quilt sandwich, how to choose and attach backing, and assembling the quilt top among other things. It's also important to note that you can easily complete one of these in a couple weeks - I started this one on March 7th, and finished it on April 3rd - but that included lots of documentation and only working in good sunlight. ;)

I do hope this instructable is helpful for you and inspires you to quilt. We need more quilts in the world! :D

Step 1: Basic Quilting Definitions

Like most skills, quilting comes with its own lingo. I thought I'd add this here and give my own definitions of many of the words I'll be using in the instructable.

Backing: the bottom part of the quilt, typically made of one solid piece of fabric. Most times this fabric is white - I like to use sheets for this!

Batting: the cushy middle of a quilt - can be made from cotton, polyester or wool. Typically bought according to the size of the quilt you're making - found in rolls.

Bias-tape: strips of fabric used to bind the edges of a quilt.

Binding: the edging of a quilt - it encases the raw edges.

Blocks: a piece of fabric made from sewing 9 squares together.

Piecing: sewing together pieces of fabric to form the top layer of the quilt, typically done in blocks.

Quilt sandwich: what I call the three layers - top, batting, backing.

Quilt top: pieced fabric, typically put together in blocks. 

Quilting: sewing through multiple layers of fabric to create one thick layer - typically involves three parts: cloth top, batting middle, cloth bottom.

Seam allowance: the standard seam allowance for quilting is 1/4 inch.

Square: smaller pieces of fabric that are sewn together to make a larger, square piece of fabric. In this case, we will be sewing together 9 small blocks to make one large square. A quilt top is made up of these blocks sewn together.

Comments

[Papa_Wumbo]

Thanks so much! This was the perfect 101 course.

[LesliePLowe]

Thank you for this course, Jessy. It's wonderful! All one needs and nothing wasted. I think I'll give quilting a try, thanks to you. -- Leslie

[cbranch]

I have never made a quilt, but my sister-in-law got me interested in the idea of trying. Thanks to your excellent tutorial, I feel like I can actually do it. I have watched and read tons of tutorials and yours, by far, is the absolute best. I love that it goes from start to finish and skips no steps in between.

Thank you in advance for teaching me how to quilt! I can't wait to get the remainder of my supplies and get started!

[ToniRose]

It's been a while since I first saw this instructable, but I wanted to show you the quilt I just finished last month. Your instructions were so clear and easy to follow, I was inspired. Thanks!

[jessyratfink]

Ahhhhhhhhh! So awesome. :D I love the colors!

[~ Lotus]

Excellent tutorial!!

[mrmtgh]

hi, thank you so much, I am Iranian and my English language is not very good but I understand instruction by watching picture, I think I can complete this project. tanks again dear friend

[eyesee]

Seen in childhood

[Pixie Puddle]

I am at the cutting squares I had scanned over your tutorial and really fancied making one for a gift, now I have got my squares I read through it again, Now I am thinking of ways to do one with the tools I have, and the lack of space, My plan was to make the front and then make it almost like a quilt cover with the back and front sewn together so I could feed in a thin quilt and quilt through that by hand thinking that I wound not need the binding, but I do not have large floor space I have a tiny ironing board that sits on a side board and a rather small table, I am worried now that I have cut the squares for nothing as I will not be able to build it, ?????? any suggestions or ideas or help would be awesome, I am just at a point where I cant get my head round it,.............

[jessyratfink]

You can always assemble the top of the quilt, and attach it to the backing right sides facing and sew around all four edges, leaving a space to turn it right side out. That will give you clean edges! You could topstitch all around the sides which will make it look nice and close the opening.

That will make a really nice light blanket that you could easily quilt by hand.

Don't let your tiny space get you discouraged. I've never had much room to work or a nice sewing machine. Sometimes you just have to move furniture against the walls and power through. :D

[MooCow101]

I love ur beds head board how do you make it

[jessyratfink]

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-book-headboard/

Taaaa-daaa! Pretty easy, would just need some plywood, some old books and lots of glue.

[codyormoe]

I've never sewn anything before, just bought a sewing machine a month ago and I made a quilt thanks to this instructable. I'm a very visual learner and all the pictures here made it soooo easy. It came out amazing, I can't even believe how good it looks and that I made it.

I used a bunch of old sheets I've been saving because I knew one day I'd find a use for them and a flannel flat sheet for the back(I wanted super cozy).Now I have a beautiful quilt made from sheets that all my kids used to sleep on.

Thank you!!!!

[jessyratfink]

Ohhhhh yayay! I'm so happy it was helpful for you. :D

Old sheets are the best!

[rubyweapon8503]

I am working on a memory quilt from this instructable. It's my first quilt. I've come up with enough squares to make 42 blocks, and I'd rather not add in squares from another fabric. What would be good dimensions for a quilt with up to 42 blocks? Could I make a twin size quilt? What would the dimensions be for a throw-sized quilt? Any recommendations?

[jessyratfink]

You could do a 5x8 or a 6x7 - both would be nice throw sized quilts. :D A 5x7 is almost the right size for a twin sized bed, but it would just be a topper - it wouldn't hang over the sides. :)

Something that I've done with smaller quilts like this is adding fabric borders - so adding a strip 8-10 inches wide and as long as the sides of the quilt on either two sides or all four sides. If you can find a nice complementary solid it looks lovely. So that might be something to consider!

[crazymama63]

just wanted to say thanks having come from a single parent family I was lucky enough to have a mom that worked at singer in the seventies our local store had all need fabric,notions and patterns,well anyway my mom gave me sewing lessons every summer and 6yrs latter had great knowlege for my age 12 t the last of the lessons,but long story short got carpel tunnel so bd at 47 had bi lateral wrists done and started sewing again,but have found myself really having to hone my skills but oh well this is one of THE MOST COMPLETE tutorials I have come across sew thank-you for all newbie sewer this is COMPLETE sew stop searching at this tutorials it is GREAT............thank-you again........tina

[pasweeney]

I really enjoyed this quilting 101 and leaned alot , I will be referring back cause I need help. Awsome. Trish

[Ilovetosew]

I am just beginning to quilt. Thank you for the instructions. You were very thorough with your explanations and your pictures. It was very helpful.

[amylea]

That's fab, thank you! I have been so inspired by your instructables - I am an absolute beginner (seriously, I can hardly sew a button on) but I feel like I have absorbed so much useful information to get me started. Thank you!

[amylea]

This is probably a really ridiculous question but - is there an easy way to hand-sew a seam at a 1/4 inch seam allowance? I don't have a sewing machine but would love to make a quilt. Am I setting myself up for failure?!

[jessyratfink]

You're definitely not setting yourself up for failure. My grandmother sewed all her quilts by hand, and she made TONS of them!

If you do a really tiny running stitch (just make sure it's nice and tight) it'll work! And if you're worried about making the 1/4 sea allowance nice and even, pin the squares/blocks together while sewing and use the pins as a sewing line.

[kattywompas1]

Great tutorial! Try 505 Basting Spray. No pins needed. It holds together as long as you need (for over a year if you can't get back to it right away), comes apart if you need to readjust and doesn't gum up your needle or sewing machine. I have a very expensive machine, and have had no problems. It runs about $12.99 a can and a little goes a long way. Joann's has it if you don't know where to find it.

[bpucks]

Wow, you make me feel like I can complete a beautiful project! Thank you!

[straycatmeow]

I really like your deer lamp. Is that a DIY or store bought?

[saitaiable child]

how did she make her paw bend that way?

[irwinkris]

hi agen! have you tried a disappering 9 patch quilt. its just as easy and it is a nice change up.

[irwinkris]

i love it. my mother inlaw has been begging me to make her a quilt for years. she says its easy. i have tried 17 times and just figured i sucked. i would then pick up the knitting needles and make her another blanket. you have taken all my questions and solved them for me. i can not thank you enough. THANK YOU!

[rquickel]

What a thorough, helpful and clear instructable. I finally understand how to do those friggin' corners! Thank you so much.

[CherylTX]

The binding is where we differ but yours is definitely the better finish and traditional. For me, instead of trimming my backing even with the quilt, I always bought a king size sheet and, at this stage, trim it to be 4 inches beyond the top, all the way around. Then fold it over the front (two folds so it's hemmed), pin it well and sew it down, miter fold at the corners.

(there's nothing worse than a know-it-all commenting all over your instructable; I'm just so excited to see such wonderful, well done instructions!)

[ToniRose]

That would make a great instructable on its own! (hint, hint)

[CherylTX]

Oh, good idea!

[jessyratfink]

Haha, thank you! My grandmother did it the fold-over way too... I really like the look of it, but I'm always too lazy to handsew it, and not brave enough to do it by machine. :D

[DiannaCarter]

I have been wanting to make a quilt and your instructions are very detailed along with great pictures to walk you though it all. I had always wondered if I needed a walking foot and you cleared that up.. I have also wanted to make my own binding, so your instructions have inspired me to pick up all the extra's and get started. Thank you for taking the time to ease the beginning sewers into it all. I cannot wait to try this, the forcast calls for rain this weekend and my husband will be out fishing, I think I will try to start something this weekend.. I might not finish it by this weekend but at least I could get started. Thanks agian,

[jessyratfink]

You're welcome! I'm so happy you liked it. :)

[Rynrambles]

Thank you soooo much. Have always wanted to sew. Took one class last year that taught me how to thread a machine. I had hoped for more. Bought a $120 Janome & googled instructions. Found this page. Just finished my quilt yesterday. Took 110 days, where I didn't touch it for a solid 6 weeks and would put in a few good 8-10 hours days here & there at my leisure. The bias tape scared me the most & the tool was more frustrating than not but (: I made a quilt (her name is Josie Bell Woods) and I am beyond pleased. My biggest mistake was not sewing close enough to the crease on the mitered corners. However, I added a lil stitch & do not mind the flaws. Thank you sooooo very very much!

[jessyratfink]

That's so neat! I'm so excited you finished your quilt. Happy I could help. :)

[cparke1]

I've never done my own binding. I always use satin binding because it's easy. But, I love your methods and directions for your binding. I don't have a binding machine and don't want to go to the expense. Do you think I could just fold the cut fabric in half, iron it, then fold the cut edges inside to the fold and iron again? Wouldn't that give me the same end result? I am going to try doing my own binding because you made it seem fairly easy and the finished product looked beautiful. Thanks for the instructable!

[jessyratfink]

You can definitely do that! I do that for smaller items all the time. I just like the bias tape maker shortcut for when I'm making yards and yards of it. :D

[mz anne thrope]

This is such a great intro to quilting that I'm going to go thru my old clothes and fabric stash and try one. But I have a question...when you start to sew the columns do you sew them vertically then across?
What a great way to get rid of cloth and make Xmas gifts. Thanks!

[jessyratfink]

Yep, sew them into vertical columns, and then sew those columns together!

[jhawes1]

You said its helpful to iron again...where was the 1st part of ironing?

[jessyratfink]

Step 13! Once you have all your blocks sewn I like to flatten them before you lay them out to decide your final layout. :)

[BigDrig]

Is it odd that I'm a married man, and I want to do this? I love quilts and I'm decent at this sort of thing. Do you just cut up old T-shirts and re-use fabrics? Thats what my grandmother did when I was younger.

[mz anne thrope]

Sewing is nothing but construction with softer building materials. So, not strange at all. There's a lot of spatial thinking going on with both, too. Good luck with your projects.

[jessyratfink]

No, not odd at all! And you definitely should. :D

I have yet to use tshirts, but I do use little bits of fabrics left over from other projects and pieces from old clothes. My grandmother did that as well!

[cdye]

i LOVE the curved pins idea...i have tried so many many things to STOP stabbing myself so much, but must admit that Istill do! I checked at our local store and they don't carry then, but i'm going to look online and maybe i can find some there!

PS I LOVE YOUR TUTORIAL!!! IT IS AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE QUILTING AND YOU MADE THIS THE EASIEST TO UNDERSTAND I'VE EVER SEEN!!! THANK YOU BOTH!!! :)

[belbix08]

Your quilt is beautiful! I've been taking on more craft projects lately and I can't wait to get started on this one! You make it seem so easy and fun, thanks for putting this up for begginers like me =)

[jessyratfink]

Awww, thank you. Glad you liked it! :)

[PurpleKat]

There will indeed be more quilts in the world! My bedspread is long past worn out, but I don't like the synthetic microfiber things that they sell now. I thought I'd need a big fancy machine to make a quilt, but now I know better. I'll be off to the fabric store soon. :)

[jessyratfink]

Yay! Happy I could convince you. :D

[RobSmith51]

About how much of each fabric, roughly?
Thanks

[jessyratfink]

It depends how many fabrics you want to use in your quilt, honestly. If you want to use only a few colors it's easy enough to estimate, but if you want to do lots of random colors it's much harder. I'd check step five and try to work out what you think is best.

Just keep in mind that you'll have a total of 400+ squares in your quilt, and you can get 90 squares out of a yard, so you can easily do a quilt out of 6 yards or so. :)

[RobSmith51]

I've been wanting to make a quilt ,I usually make clothes and some crafts but quilts always scared me off. But after looking at you instructions I'm ready to try one. Thanks for the directions.

[balalawi]

thank you very much .You are very clear in your instrutions.
but do you know how can I make a quilt with photo?
my sister will marry soon and i want to make a quilt with her photo as a present

[jessyratfink]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Photographic-Quilt/

There's always something like the instructable above, or printing images directly onto fabric. It all depends on what you want the finished product to be like. :)

[cbledsoe31]

I've been thinking about tackling my first quilt and I've been trying to find an easy pattern with clear, detailed instructions. This seems like something I can handle (hopefully!). Thank you SO much for posting this!

[CherylTX]

Do you ever sew two squares together and without cutting the thread just keep going with two more and two more. You wind up with what I think of as a kite tail. Then cut them apart and sew the third square to each pair without cutting in between. I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner but you've got your time-savers down to an art and kite-tail piecing is one of my fav ways to speed the process.

[jessyratfink]

I've always heard about this but haven't actually tried it... though I'm going to be making a baby quilt for a friend soon, so I might give it a go!

[CherylTX]

(I'm just going along step by step LOVING your tutorial, I can't believe we do things so similarly) If you haven't already run across curved safety pins made especially for pinning your quilt sandwich, I bet you'd love them. The curve makes pinning go much smoother and faster. Also, the straight pins would always stick me when I wrangled everything to my sewing machine. But taking all of them out is slower.

[jessyratfink]

I haven't seen the curved ones - those sound awesome. I also have a problem with stabbing myself while sewing. :P

[CherylTX]

I love that you put this suggestion (a flat sheet for the backing); it's exactly what I do and you don't get a seam down the middle from sewing yards of fabric together.

[Kchloe17]

You could embroider patches and sew them all together to make a crazy quilt

[cooi]

I've always wanted to make a quilt! I make clothing and am afraid that making a quilt would be too tedious because of all the repetitive motions, but I think your instructable has finally inspired me to make one this summer before I relocate to a new city!!

Thank you!

[crazyaboutbeads]

Can you use different types of fabric in the same quilt or will it set wrong?
For instance, cotton, cotton/polyester mix, and polyester sewn together.
Also, can you use different thicknesses in the same quilt?

[jessyratfink]

You can, but there are lots of things to consider which is why I recommend 100% cotton. If you do choose to use a mixture of fabrics, it will be best to:

• make sure all your fabrics are washable! You don't want the quilt to fall apart in the wash, so avoid things that are dry clean only or things that fray very easily
• wash everything beforehand, because chances are they will shrink at oddly different rates
• check to make sure that they don't stretch too much compared to one another - if one fabric stretches 1 inch, and another 3 inches, it can be very tricky to sew together in a uniform manner

As far as the different thicknesses, you definitely can, as long as they meet the above criteria. :)

[crazyaboutbeads]

Okay, thanks!

[lw119]

Great instructable! Very detailed and easy to follow. Thanks for all the hard work and thought you put into it.

[Softdove]

I have been learning how to quilt and I must say that I really enjoyed this instructable very much. You are very clear in your instrutions. I have learned some new things as well. Thank you for taking the time to show your work. All the pictures were very helpful as well. Now I have to get shopping for a few items to make my next quilt. :)

[jessyratfink]

Thank you very much! It always feels good to be helpful! :D

[duckweedfarm]

Oooo thank you!! Your clear instructions and pictures will allow me to quickly repair a much-loved quilt that never had binding on it before. Then I can move on to the grandchildren's special theme quilts! It's one thing to see a couple line-drawn steps in a book and quite another to observe an actual quilt in process in living color.

[jessyratfink]

You're welcome! Happy I helped! :)

[Creativeman]

Verrrrry nice!

[chris.tierney]

Great instructable. I'm feeling very inspired now!

Do you have any sewing-machine recommendations for a beginner? Is there any particular feature that is a must-have, that not all machines have? Or will pretty much any basic model work?

Thanks!

[jessyratfink]

Thank you!

Honestly, the only thing I'd worry about is that it's a major brand like Singer or Brother, that it has a wide variety of stitches (75+ so you know you have some for stretch fabrics), and that it's free-arm, so that you can easily hem things if the need arises. :)

Most sewing machines nowadays are about the same, and a lot of the basic ones are super affordable! ($150 or less)

[chris.tierney]

Great, thanks for the advice. :)

[abbyholverson]

This is great! What a fantastic walk through of every step. Good job!

[jessyratfink]

Thank you! :D

[cgarst lewis]

I have a problem getting my squares to be actually square. What am I doing wrong??

[jessyratfink]

When you're cutting them or when you're sewing them into the block?

[cgarst lewis]

Once the block is sewn together.

[jessyratfink]

There are a few things you can do to help this:

#1 - Make sure you're sewing at a very even 1/4 inch for ALL seams, if you're off few a few of them, it'll cause quite a bit of shifting
#2 - Pin your squares when you sew them so that the edges don't shift
#3 - Make sure all your seams are pressed flat when you sew the rows to together, because if they're not they can cause shifting too.

Slow and steady is really the key until you get the hang of it! And don't worry about trimming up the edges to make them square if you need to. :)

[kathi kraftyzales]

This whole tutorial is awsome!!! I loved the way it lays it all out for newbies, and for others like me who have made "Cheater Quilts" all her adult life. I have yet to make a whole quilt. I'm just making blocks. I want to learn how to make every kind of block in the quilting world. lol...I just sew them onto tote bags, purses, make wall handings, table runners, etc. Never a whole quilt. This is my inspiration to start a whole quilt!!!!! Thank you young lady.
You ROCK!!

[kathi kraftyzales]

When using a bias tape maker, pin the beginning edge to ironing board or anything else you can, and use your hot iron/hair straightener/curling iron to iron the bias strip. Works great!
Another easier tip, cut the fabric (does not need to be on the bias unless your are working on curves) twice the size you want and add twice the seam allowance....fold in half and iron. Place on right side of quilt and sew down on edge (matching edges) Fold over to the back and either hand stitch or machine sew. Voila!!

[jessyratfink]

The hair straightener tip is such a good idea... I would have never thought of it. I have an expensive one that I bought on a whim (must be PRETTIER!!1) even though I have the straightest hair in the world and I've never really used it. :P That's awesome.

I always think about doing my binding the second way, but I just love dragging the bias tape maker down the strips, haha. :D

[kathi kraftyzales]

I do too, but never found the tape maker big enough for an oversized binding that I like. I just gotta be different.

[kathi kraftyzales]

"twice the size" ...I meant twice the width and add twice the seam allowance. So if you want two inch wide binding around you quilt, make it 4 inch wide and add 1/4" seam on each side...so the fabric width would be 4 1/2".....Fold in half, iron, sew to front of quilt edges matching. etc...

[kathi kraftyzales]

A tip I learned about when you pin the corner folds of bias tape.....fold the other way than pictured, so that when you sew it down it's smooth sewing, not a chance the fabric will pucker or twist. I learned this after years of the hassle....grrrr

[chinychiro]

I love the instructable, i just went throught it and i believe i can make it too with my two left hands!! You really broke it down to the simplest of steps and great instructions. Its my next project!! :) Thanks again!!

[jessyratfink]

Thank you! That's what I was going for - I really do hope that you try! They're so rewarding to make! :)

[MsJaxFla]

Very good instructions.

I think it is a great quilt and you took the hand work out of it, which is good, because most of us will not finish a hand quilted quilt. One thing..... did you really make bias binding? Because if I did not know how, I would think you cut straight of grain binding and if you work so hard on a quilt, it should have the bias binding, because it will take the wash and wear (love and use) so much longer. So just a tadge spiffing up on the how to (start) cut bias strips.... cause I did not understand that part, but loved your instructions, they were really great. I know your mom is so proud of you and your wonderful creative art. God Bless You!

[jessyratfink]

Thank you for all the compliments!

I have to admit I never take the time to make the actual bias grain strips! I tried to word everything carefully in the steps above so it didn't seem like I was actually doing that. I might add a disclaimer. :)

My grandmother never used bias grain binding either... and honestly, she normally just flipped the backing over the sewed it down on the front and hers have lasted as well so I try not to worry myself about it too much.

But I know I lot of people swear by it... I think I'm just too impatient of a quilter, by the time I get to the binding I'm just so ready to wash it and lie down with it! :P

[MsJaxFla]

I agree, it is so much work that when you get so close to being finished that you might not ever get it done if you did the biased one. Plus, it takes so much more fabric. And the binding would be easy to cover with a new one if it did wear out. Even if you did not want to take it off by ripping the stitching out, you could just cut close to the seam line and make sure you made the new one a bit wider to cover the old stitching. So many are doing machine quilting now a days and they have all these fancy machines. I wish I had the money for one of them, but alas, I do not. I am with you about quick and easy or I would never start one, much less finish it, specially a queen size. I have a Singer that is circa 1965..... and learned to sew on an old Necchi. Yes, I have seen where folks just used the backing and folded it over as well. I think the time you take to bind it separately though, makes a better look, cause it is a smoother finish. I am now reinspired to make a quilt (finally) for my bed. Thank you so much. I am sure you inspired many others also. If you have a girl friend about to get married, maybe you could have some of the other girls buy the fabric and help you cut the squares and give one as a wedding gift, they are priceless to those that can not sew at all.

[crazyaboutbeads]

gahh, I'm getting excited at this point! :D

[jessyratfink]

Hahaha, as you should! I get really about the time I sew together my first block and it just continues! :D

[ElizabethGreene]

What is the little silver thingy in the third picture?

-ellie

[sewsassy]

That's a bias tape maker, an awesome little notion that folds the bias tape.

[jessyratfink]

Yep, starwalk is right - it's a bias tape maker!

Hopefully image notes will start working again soon so I can explain everything a little better. :)

[starwalk]

It's a tool for putting the creases into bias strips to make your own bias binding. You cut the right width of bias strip (usually one or two inch) from whatever fabric you want. Thread one end of the strip in through the large end of the tool so that it come out of the smaller end all folded over, then you pin it to an ironing board and press the folds into place, pulling more fabric through a bit at a time. It's a bit fiddly, but much better than trying to iron the creases in without something holding them still.

Phew - not the best description - hope you can make sense of it :)

[trowel_gal]

Your instructable is really great! Tough competition:)

[jessyratfink]

Thank you! :)

[Humfrydavidd]

It was very interesting to know how to sew the quilt. Thanks for sharing the tips.
Lean muscle X

[jessyratfink]

No problem, thanks for reading! :)

[leonardml]

Very good job on your instructable and a beautiful quilt!

[jessyratfink]

Thanks - I'm very proud of this one! :)

[Sunbanks]

You ma'am, are brilliant. I've been thinking about making a quilt lately, an if I do at some point, I will definitely be using this instructable :D

[jessyratfink]

Thank you! I hope you make one. :D

[mary candy]

just perfect! very beautiful.
Congrats.

[jessyratfink]

Thank you!

[ChrysN]

This is great! I wish that I had this to read before I started on my first quilt.

[jessyratfink]

Thank you!
And hey, you can always start a new one! :D

[angelabchua]

okay, this is probably one of the best instructables i have ever seen! Such great detail in the steps and the photos are awesome! I am making my first quilt now...its been an on going project for quite some time now, and I am sort of making it up as i go. Will definitely use your ible as my reference guide!

[jessyratfink]

Thanks so much! :D
And if you have any questions about your quilt, feel free to ask. I might add a FAQ step... I figure there's a good chance I left something out!