Donna, that is great work! Good for you, wrapping it so you stop working on it! LOL

I'm sure they will love it.
Donna

Excellent!!!!!
Theresa

Great job. I think you've done enough. It's a darling quilt.

Really like what you did. Good time to stop. I especially like the quilting on the background.

LindaB/CA

Stopping adding BEFORE you add the last little bit means it is perfect! Just enough!
I love it! You did an excellent job - very artistic - looks like an aquarium to me --
How big is the overall piece?

Like, like, like, like! Your quilt is so cute! Love the little zebra fishies swimming around.

SharonG/FL

Love it! You did a great job
Darlene

I think you've made a wonderful quilt! I love the way the starfish and the sea grasses extend beyond the frame into the quilt. I love it.

This is a crib quilt - overall size is 54 inches by 38 inches. Hopefully, that is big enough so that when he graduates to a regular bed he will still be able to use it to cuddle on the couch in the evenings.

Thank you for all your kind words. Now I can move on the the two quilts I promised to my grandsons. There will be NO hand quilting on these. My fingertips need a break, LOL.

That is a lovely quilt! I like all the little details....just delightful.
You did a great job.
TFS.

~Geraldine

Very adorable!! They will love and treasure it for years :-)

Robbi

Donna, your quilt is fantastic. Did you hand quilt all of it? I particularly like the textured background.

Yes, it is mostly handquilted. It's difficult to see from the photos, but each of the blue squares has a large drop of water hand quilted in it and each of the green squares has a starfish hand quilted in it. And of course, the picture has been echo quilted (also by hand). I did use my machine to do the straight quilting lines in the yellow rectangle between the two blue and green rectangles. Since I'm a first-timer, I guess I broke the rules a little bit. Rather than do a binding and hand stitching it on the right side, I just made the backing large enough to fold over (and meter) and machine stitch on the front.

Applause...it is absolutely adorable!!!

funny you mentioned how you did the binding, the first time I did a quilt binding, that was the method I used...it was the instructions I had from an old quilting book.

V.

Since I'm a first-timer............Hello???? You're kidding me! That quilts absolutely adorable and the job is super.

It's adorable and looks perfect to me!

I think it looks great, really cool design!

Best to you,
Sandra

I think it's wonderful! Whoever gets it, gets a true keepsake.

First-timer?! I'm about a fiftieth-timer and my first was NOT something to brag about although I've never forgotten it. Your accomplishment will make a really great memory of the "first one".

It is adorable! I love the fabric you used for the fishes.
Rosa

When I read the title, I half expected to see an old sewing machine that you were ready to throw through a window... glad I was wrong. It is beautiful. Sometimes, it is hard to know when to stop, but obviously, you decided at the perfect time.

That is adorable. You did a great job for a first timer or any time. I love it.