It's done. Yippee, it's really done!
Even after the debacle last week with my stitching the border on upside down, I managed to recover from my snit, get it picked out and put together correctly. This is a stellar moment for me. Normally, I would toss it in a corner and let it sit for... well in some cases forever! LOL!
This one was just too pretty to let sit though, I trudged thru fixing it. I really can't say with a smile on my face though! I'm not that good! Tee hee...
Even after the debacle last week with my stitching the border on upside down, I managed to recover from my snit, get it picked out and put together correctly. This is a stellar moment for me. Normally, I would toss it in a corner and let it sit for... well in some cases forever! LOL!
This one was just too pretty to let sit though, I trudged thru fixing it. I really can't say with a smile on my face though! I'm not that good! Tee hee...
Don't you just love the colors?
I am so proud of myself. I actually used fabrics in my stash. I had to purchase the background black fabric, and a few extra greens, but my goal was to stash bust, and I kept to that for this quilt.
The solid fabrics are my hand dyes.
This was a BOM last year from Project House 360.
I loved this pattern so much, that I made sure I downloaded each piece every month.
There was a little something for everyone. The center is paper pieced as well as the trees.
A little traditional piecing...
Some Log Cabin
Rounded out with some fun applique
I know that most would do needle turned applique, but I just don't have the patience or talent to do it. I did fusible and a little thread play on it. Since this will be washed, I made sure I used Fray Check on all of it. 4 bottles worth! :-) It's a must, if it's going to "ever" be washed.
I rounded it all off with some fun quilting.
An update on the panto info...
it is available at
It's called Alfresco. I've had it for awhile, but not used it yet. After doing so, all I can ask myself is WHY did it take me so long. This was so much fun to do. It's got a great rhythm to it, and was so much fun to do! It was a great, pop on some good music and get into the groove panto!
I do love that.
It got me to thinking... just about all of my favorite pantos come from Willow Leaf, and I need to go shopping with them again real soon!
:-)
So there you have it... and for what I learned from all this is...
What the heck was I thinking? A black quilt with all this cat hair!!!
Murphy is that you?
On my final note...
See this?
I am not sold on these new Bounce Dryer Bars. This is the stuff you get on your things, if the dryer is too full. I can control it when I dry normal things, but when your trying to fluff up a king size quilt, and de-thread or in my case "cat hair" a quilt, you really don't have a choice of the volume in there.
I just need to remember to pull the bar out of the dryer, but did I?
Guess not!
It does come off with a wet wash rag, but it's just another one of those things...
This quilt seems to have had it in for me from the start!
:-)
Smooch! I love it anyway!