First I didn't buy the right size of batting so I had to piece it together to make it large enough. Second, the fabric that I choose for the back of the quilt is super soft, but its also super stretchy, which makes for a slightly difficult time to keep it lined up correctly. And Third, the binding was just a nightmare!
The sewing machine we have, just wasn't strong enough to go through the five layers of fabric I had, which resulted in a bent needle, lots of bad-bad sounds coming from the sewing machine and me getting very frustrated. I eventually was able to get it all together, but it took longer to do the back/batting/binding then it did for me to piece together and sew the front.
I also made a mistake by sewing together the front, batting and back together before I tied the quilt. If I had followed the correct "order of operations" I probably would have had less trouble in the end, but oh well. Lesson Learned.
All in all, I think it turned out pretty good. This was my first quilt that I've ever made, not to mention that I've never even used a sewing machine before. So although I made a few mistakes, and its not 100% perfect I'm still happy with the way it turned out.
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