So happy this Super Star Challenge came about. It made me start scrapping again.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Journaling:<BR><BR><BR><BR>In August of 2004 my mother called me and said she was going to Trinidad for a visit, (my family is originally from Trinidad). She wanted to know if I could make a quilt for a cousin of mine who just had a baby. She only gave me a week because she was leaving in two weeks and I had to mail it to her before she left.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Normally I would have not been able to do it but this cousin who had the baby recently lost his mother (my mother's cousin but more like a sister). So I just knew it would be a lot of work but worth every miniute of my time and effort. Plus my mom usually never asks me for a favor. I found this beautiful pattern called Autumn Tints 2; it must have been faith because my youngest daughter's name is Autumn.<BR><BR><BR><BR>I went to work the next day and asked my girlfriend DeAnna at work to help me pick out the material. She is really great at that. I brought all the material home and got to work. I finished the top that night. I quilted it the next day my first time machine quilting. Did simple lines to quilt it bet I was so happy with the way it turned out. I almost called my mom and told her I was keeping it for myself. Don't worry I didn't. I sent it straight away to my mom.<BR><BR><BR><BR>She took it to Trinidad and gave it to my cousin and his wife. They ablsolutly loved the beautiful baby quilt and I will always know that my first machine quilt went to another sweet generation of my family.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Materials I used:<BR><BR><BR><BR>Bazzill Paper and Brads<BR><BR>VersaMark Stamp<BR><BR>Gray Marble Vellum<BR><BR>Fabric Pieces sew together to make quilt.