Look what I did!
I actually finished a quilt, can you believe it?
I barely can! :) If you remember this top from several (or more) months ago, then you may be thinking, "Hey! Wasn't that a lot bigger before?" (I mean, a LOT bigger?) And you'd be right.
*cough*
See, first I somehow managed to quilt the whole damn thing without noticing that the last, outer edge wasn't lined up properly with that good ol' quilt sandwich - and so fully 8 inches of of one section of one side, had no batting. Another part of the same side had no backing fabric (about 3 inches) and all in all, I figured the best thing to do was to lop off the 8 inches on that one side - and then a length along the other side - whatever it took, for the design to be balanced.
That should work, right? Right! Except, for some bizzare reason, I couldn't manage to get it trued up after that! So, I'd shave off an inch along one side, and then shave off an inch on another side, and shave of 1/2 an inch on another side, and shave off an inch and 1/2 on another side - and before I knew it, I was standing in an ever-mounting pile of quilted strips.
Before it reached my knees and I had a doll quilt on my hands, I decided to quit before I got futher behind.
I put a very nice binding on it, and I must say, it looks great on our grey couch, and I swear, even I can't find that one wonky side, even though I know it's there.
So there. :)
But I think I need to get back to practicing quilting big quilts again.
*hee*
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I realize you posted this a while ago, but I'm just seeing it for the first time and want to tell you it's just beautiful! I love the colors you used (some of my favorites) and your quilted flowers are just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI really, really like this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Kimberly!
ReplyDeleteWell, even after the drama I think it's a wonderful quilt!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I remember when I was first learning to quilt and someone introduced the term "folksy" to me. It's my excuse for ALL my junk to be wonky - intentionally AND unintentionally lol.. I can never get that darn thing perfectly straight!
ReplyDeleteFrancineT