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Yes, that really is a 14/90 needle that I managed to sew THROUGH my finger. The staff at...
When we looked at this on Monday, there was a big fluffy, 5 year old tree on a...
Because I can't seem to concentrate on one thing at a time lately, I went back to work...
So you may remember this supposedly finished piece that I called "June". This weekend, I was working on...
Hopefully, this doesn't look too familiar to you, but you may remember (if you used to follow me...
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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