I loaded up the latest top-this is how I cut the batting and backing ; it is easier than laying out flat! Just quarter your top, batting and trim larger than your top and then the same with the backing. Easy.
I tried a new to me technique , ruler work .
It was a learning curve but I enjoyed the challenge.
Then for some reason I could hear a difference and sure enough,
when I looked underneath there were all these snarls.
AND WORSE-I COULD SEE I HAD LOADED THE QUILT BACKING UPSIDE DOWN SO THE WRONG SIDE WAS OUT. I WAS 2/3 OF THE WAY DONE. WHAT TO DO? EAT CHOCOLATE. SERIOUSLY.
I powered on with the top , finished it and pulled it off the frame.
I admired my lines and design and the puffy stars.
The appliques and meanders.
The borders.
BUT NOT THE BACKING.
THE BEAUTIFUL PIECED BACKING.
I loaded another piece of backing on late last night
and quilted 'stitch-in-the-ditch' to hold the backing to the rest of the quilt.
Today I will bind it and no one will know the heartache that this little mistake caused me!
(Shhh, don't tell!)
My regular machine makes those snarls when it's not quite threaded just right - it's a self-threading machine, but if you don't lay the thread in just the right spot, apparently it doesn't cooperate.
ReplyDeleteI hate those snarls! Sorry about the "little" mistake. Shhhhh I won't tell.
ReplyDeleteMy lips are sealed. I'm glad you found a solution because the top looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteYour secret is safe with me.
ReplyDelete(I thought those snarls were part of a *fancy* fabric*.) LOL
Oh, good gracious!!! Good save though. I was thinking while I was reading that the best save would be that very thing. Oy...
ReplyDeleteMy Lips are sealed. And I am in awe. It came out fantastic
ReplyDeleteSo painful to have what should be a ta-da moment turn out to be a "WHAT?!?!?!!!!!" moment instead. :( Creative improvisation -- and chocolate -- to the rescue...
ReplyDeleteYugh! You must have been so upset. I won't tell a soul!
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