It's been such a long, long time since I've finished something quilty,
and then,
POW!
I got three!
I finished the Curve Challenge hosted by Cécile and Corinne. Thank you, ladies, for this fun challenge.
Overjoy with this one.
AAAnnnnndd, I finished ...
S M I L E
It wasn't easy. I found the fabric for the binding and I barely had enough. Phew! But I couldn't sew it on because my quilting on the last border was horrible!
This fold was pretty deep, enough that I didn't even come close to the backing fabric when cutting the edges off. It involved removing the quilting in the center of the quilt, not just the last border. Atrocious!
This ridge is like Mount Everest compared to the other bumps. Again, missing backing fabric after cutting the edges. Sigh!
Unpicking for a few evenings and re-quilting for a few more evenings got the job done nicely this time.
I had run out of pink thread when I did the pink block. So I finished that too ... only to have it unpicked too. Bigger sigh!
Everything that could go wrong with a quilt happened with this one. In the end, I still get to have a wonderful quilt. I'll leave you with some purple.
I wish they lasted longer.
;^)
Joining friends
Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Angela at So Scrappy
Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts
Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun than Housework
Kathy at Kathy's Quilts
Denise at For the Love of Geese
Pat at Life in a Scrapatch
10 comments:
Wel, done on your finishes, even if the last one was challenging! You have a beautiful quilt. Your iris flowers are beautiful.
Wow everything looks great. Really adore the bottom and threads Quilt too.
Super cool small Supernova, Chantal, and congrats on finishing up your M & M quilt, too!!!
What a beautiful Iris. All that unpicking! You have great staying power. Good that it is all finished now thoug. xx
Beautiful quilts and love how cheerful and colorful they are. Oh and those irises- gorgeous. Happy quilting.
So exciting to see Smile finished, although I'm sorry it caused you trouble! Hopefully it will be a distant memory soon. Your mini supernova is also wonderful!
your quilt is gorgeous... worth fixing up those bits even though it is so frustrating...
Hugz
Sorry about all the trouble with Smile. Now it's done and you have a fabulous quilt! Love the Super Nova and Curve Challenge too. Beautiful irises.
That Smile has really pulled every trick in the book on you, hasn't it? Hooray for you for standing up to it! What a beautiful finish!
Gorgeous quilty finishes! SMILE sounds as if it presented you many frustrations, but oh, how wonderful it looks. Your black monster is sweet.
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