Hello Quilt Friends! My name is Natalie Fisher.

Welcome! I am so excited to share with like minds on my passion…Quilting!

Starting this blog made me think of my quilt beginning.

My first quilt I made had a yellow and white, large gingham print background. The design was a machine appliquéd turtle that I drew myself. The shell was patchwork squares of various colors of gingham. The funny part is that I thought the quilt pattern I just recently wrote and printed was my first, but really the first quilt I ever made was my first original design.

The quilt was for my oldest daughter Tiphanie; she will turn 38 this year. I yarn tied my first quilt. I am still proud of it today, as I had no idea what I was doing, but it was used and loved, and that’s all a quilt ever wants (a little personification for my quilt).

I had learned to sew as a child; my mom was the best teacher ever. She ripped out anything I didn’t love. If you ever teach someone to sew you should do this, it gets through the frustration quicker, and keeps the new seamstress from walking.

I would love to teach a beginning quilt class and bring in my first quilt for show and tell. Wouldn’t it be fun to see the first quilt of some famous quilt artists or any quilter you admire? Now I want to go see if I can find that quilt or picture to share with my quilt friends.

Sew Happy,

Natalie