#WIP First Quilt

I've never made a quilt before. I have always wanted to as there are so many lovely designs out there but never got further than the planning stage. 

Then last month a new magazine came out. Quilt Now. 

The projects are so much more modern than the other magazines I've seen. I really love heart shapes quilts so the project Rapture really caught my eye. 

The project uses Art Gallery fabric range rapture which are nice pastel type colours. I had a bag of Alexander Henry scraps from a friend of my mums that I wanted to use on a big project. 

Last week saw me and mum head off to Birmingham for Festival of Quilts where we purchased a Sizzix machine. We had been talking about getting one for ages and one stall had a great offer so we did. Cutting out squares is so much quicker this way!

The pattern uses 3 1/2" square but as we only have a couple of dies I went for a slightly smaller quilt and used the 2 1/2" square. Still looks good though. 

Last night whilst watching TV series Under The Dome I cut out the squares to make my quilt. 

Not all the squares are laid out in this picture as I ran out of room. 

I debated using some plainer fabric for some of the squares to break up the patterns but I really like how busy it is and against a white background I think it will stand out even more. 

Today's task is cutting out the 200 odd white squares. Once that's done the fun can really begin. 

Quilt Now first edition came with a beginners guide to quilting which will definitely help me with this project. 

Here are pictures of the fabrics I chose. I'll post more once I've made some progress.