Rag Quilt- The Start!

Ok so like two months ago Emily and I traveled to Hennessey to Prairie Quilt and got some fabric. I bought blue, red and tan flannel plaid to make a rag quilt for Nate.  Well here we are two months later and ladies and gentlemen, I have completed the FIRST ROW!!!!!

Now this has been a learning process. Let me remind you that I have never used a sewing machine before IN MY LIFE.  Also, I have never even really cut material or done anything related to sewing.  With that being said, there are a lot of mistakes...

During this process I learned how to/that:
- NOT get the thread tangled under the material.
- Load my bobbin.
- Thread my machine.
- Cutting straight straight, even squares are important.
- A good rotary cutter and a LARGE cutting mat are necessary!!
- It takes a long time to sew squares!

With that being said, my squares are not perfect and my lines are not straight but by golly I am getting the hang of it.  I have 70 some more red squares I need to sew together and then another 110 "quilted" squares to sew together to create the quilt but I will get there one of these days.

Once I have finished the quilt I will post how I did it!

The is the "rag" side that will be snipped into a fringe looking border. The other side is smooth!