hi Antheia,

What a lovely idea! Are you planing to hand piece or machine piece and have you thought about designs? Are you going with squares, patterns etc. a self healing mat, rotary cutter and quilters ruler are great and I would say must haves but I quilt quite a bit and couldn't stand fussy cutting each piece.

You will need to look at the fabrics you are using also and try and stick to 100% cotton so it wears evenly, if you are looking at using a variety of different fabrics you will need to think about how these will sew and wear together, particulary if you are going to machine quilt the finished quilt.

Buy good quality cotton in matching colours to the fabrics you will be sewing together.
Wait until you have finished the top before buying your wadding and backing fabric so you know how big the finished product is.

Have fun!