My First QUILT! (And A Skein of Yarn)

I am SOOOO excited! I just finished piecing together my FIRST QUILT EVER!!!!! =D =D =D I've been kind of working on it on and off again since May or June, but my sewing machine was broken, and I'm pretty awful and hand sewing. I cut a bunch of the small pieces when I first got my fabric and was able to sew together maybe one and a half strips and then my sewing machine completely crapped out on me. That was all I did until the end of July, broke down and decided that I needed to get it fixed -- no matter the cost.
The sewing machine fixings cost me about $25 I think, and I haven't had any problems since. Well...then I had another problem!! The green sashing in the middle and edges that I had originally bought was too little (misprint maybe???) and so last night, I went and bought some green fabric that was similar to the original that I bought back in May and I worked on it all last evening and this morning and I'm done piecing it together!!!


Here it is, laid out on my floor in all of it's glory. =D I would venture a guess that it's about 3'x3', maybe a little more. I haven't measured it yet. I have yet to actually quilt it and I need to put the backing fabric on and stuff, but other than that...gah! I love it! =D

And just so I keep in the spirit of knitting (haha, not that it's always necessary or anything...). I have to whore out my favorite yarn ever (that I've made, that is).

It's name is "Yin Yang Panda" and it's ~87 yards (as the card on it says). It's so nicely spun and even. It makes me so happy because it's the first wheel-quality yarn that I've spun on my hand spindle. I have no idea what I'm going to make of it. I might just keep it for decoration. Who knows!