So years ago, when I was in junior high, I began this quilt top. I would carry it with me and do some of it as I would wait for my sister to be done with her gymnastics practice, which was 4-6 times a week (she was really good). I'd carry around a bunch of fabric in a plastic storage container and sew it by hand. I had no idea what I was doing back then, but it was the gateway to my quilting passion, even though it took a little while after making this one to get going again.
I used to cut out the fabric using some scissors and a piece of paper cut to a specific size as a template. It was in no way accurate looking back at it now. To make the triangles, I'd fold the square of fabric from corner to corner and cut down the diagonal. Again, not really accurate.
I had no idea about fabric choices, color values, etc. Man if I knew then what I know now... There's a reason it's still a quilt top and not a finished quilt. I wouldn't know how I'd even quilt it now.
In this one, I didn't cut of the selvage and you can still see the holes.
And pretty much no corners match up...
This was the first color combo that I made in the class. You can see a close up of the border fabric, which was the inspiration for the colors that I used. 
After loving how everything was turning out, I made a block in this color combo. Two blocks turned into 3, then 4, then 5... I just couldn't stop I was loving how everything came out. 
What got me back into quilting, back when I was either a junior or senior in high school, was attending the Lowell Quilt Festival. I picked up a fat quarter packet and this pattern and decided to give it a go. This time, I did have a rotary mat and cutter, but I didn't know to use the ruler to measure and instead I used the lines on the mat. I had never read any how-to quilt books or taken a class. Considering that, I think it came out OK. I think the placement of the fabrics and blocks was what impressed me the most after taking this out of a bag after several years. Not had, eh?
