My First Quilt - Finished!!

I finished this a couple of weeks ago, but I am just getting around to posting about it. I finished the quilt back, but as you see here it was very uneven. I started trying to "square it up" and could not get the thing right. I was getting a little irritated to say the least, but I was bound and determined to get this thing finished!!   

I had originally planned on putting boarders around the entire quilt back, but as I said earlier I was getting a little irritated so I grabbed some yardage and and came up with this. 

I spray basted this bad boy and got it already to quilt. I was a little "scared" to quilt this because I have never free motioned before, but this is the year for no more fears. I put on some music and had a nice cup of tea and got to work. I need lots of practice for sure, but by the end of this quilt it was getting a tad bit easier. I was going to use brown thread, but my mom thought white would be nice. I read afterwards that you typically use the color thread that matches your sashing. All in all I'm pretty happy with the results. I still need to put the binding on, but I'm so happy I finally finished it!! 

I'm linking up with 
Sew Modern Monday
Have a fantastic day!!
January