First quilts

I made these quilts when I was just starting learning how to sew.  I found tutorials online and gave it a try.  

We were living in Northern Virginia at the time, in Park place apartments right next to the Van Dorn exit off the beltway.  I had just started working as a nurse in the operating room and I think it was the combination of seeing other people creating things (surgeries)  and seeing the residents suturing made me think I can do something like that.  Not with real people.  Fabric is much better.  So I tried it out.  bought a couple of books and a sewing machine from Amazon and the journey began.  I love this green and white quilt.  it is lap size and so cozy.  

This is the quilt  that I made for my nephew when he was born.  His family now has three more girls and he is the only one I have made a baby blanket for.  I need to get on that.  

I found another tutorial about how to do the log cabin quilt.  I really liked this one.  I haven't picked up this pattern in a while but it would be a fun one to get back to.

One of the things that I remember about this quilt is that I tried everything to get red socks fabric for the back but I could not find it anywhere.  not cotton fabric anyway.  So he got baseballs with the red socks colors.