This is my first quilt. I made this for my very first quilting class taught by the wonderful Ngaire Brooks and I finished it just after our daughter was born, in the middle of last year. I am still learning how to hand-quilt with a hoop (the "proper" way), but thankfully, it can be a bit addictive which helps. One problem I have is that I keep breaking the needles. We did not know whether we were having a boy or a girl so this is my attempt at a unisex quilt. It is much used and loved, and I am impressed with how well it has withstood the test of machine-washing.
I made this quilt a few months later. This is my own as-I-go design. It is not a cot quilt, but about twice the size and perfectly square - it makes a good picnic blanket (not that I would use it outdoors really). I really like the bright colours. I machine-quilted it (a very simple stich-in-the-ditch quilting pattern).