My first attempt at quilting

I won't lie, quilting scares me.  All those shapes and lines and trying to keep everything even and matched up.  I wanted to stay far far away from quilting...that is until I found some Thomas the Tank Engine fat quarters at WalMart.

Garrett loves Thomas.  I wanted to find a way to use the fabric.   We knew we'd be flying Christmas week (to see Bubbe, Oh the irony!) and I wanted to make him a small blanket to use on the plane.    It's just a simple quilt, 2 ft square with 16 equal squares arranged in a pattern. 

But it's my first quilt and it has Thomas and his friends.  I backed it with some fleece I had in my remnants drawer. 

 

It was a new challenge and I while a bit tedious I'm happy with the outcome.  It worked really well on the plane keeping the little guy snuggly while he slept.