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| You can get an idea of its size thanks to my amazing and helpful model. |
I'd gotten almost all the way through assembly, when I realized that I still had one unused piece lying around. Uh oh. Like with an IKEA dresser, having one piece left after the whole thing's been put together is generally not a good sign.
Can you guess where this mysterious piece goes?
Am I going to take this section of the quilt apart to fix it? HA no way! It's barely noticeable, and definitely won't interfere with this becoming a warm bedspread. Besides, it is meant to be a groovy seventies quilt. If I sat a group of people on this quilt with a bong, I bet they would think the mistake is the coolest part. ("Duuude, did you notice that orange corner was broken?")
This quilt top still needs some ironing, some thread trimming, and some seam reinforcement, but I've been working on it exclusively for so long that I couldn't be happier to dump it onto my unfinished object pile for a little while. In fact, I am sharing it for UFO Sunday at the Free Motion Quilting Project.
For quilting this project, I've gotten three colours of Aurifil thread to experiment with. The part I'm worried about at the moment is batting. My favourite quilt shop has closed temporarily, and the other shop in town doesn't carry the same Hobbs Heirloom batting. Aack! This is my biggest project yet, and I'm not sure how I feel about buying a large amount of a batting I've never tried before. I don't think the quilt shop would give me some small samples to test beforehand. Not sure what to do about this. Should I just choose one that seems similar and hope for the best? Perhaps I should try to find a source online?
One thing is for sure, I'm going to really enjoy working on some other projects for a bit while I figure this out! (Like the quilt back, which is going to be almost as grrovy as the front - you can read more about it here.)
This is wonderful, and it gives you the added bonus of messing with the heads of stoned people! That "mistake" adds something special to the quilt. Buy your Hobbs batting on line? eQuilter. Can wait to see how you quilt it, loads of lovely space to play with design.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is gorgeous! I look forward to seeing more of it.
ReplyDeleteQuilters never make mistakes....just tell people you did it on purpose to see if they'd notice. Lovely work! I just don't know if I'd be up to doing it.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I would have not even noticed! I wish I could recommend a batting to you , but I usually use Warm and white, because it's easy to get a Joann's, and I'm not sure if I will use it any more because I think it makes a bed quilt to stiff. But I will use it on a wall quilt. The bamboo batting I used on my mini sample did not work out so well on micro quilting, but I think with a bigger scale of quilting, it will be fine. I quilted a 15x15in. square on a bigger scale for my QAYGQ, and I really liked the drape, but I don't know the brand I was using.
ReplyDeleteI just love this quilt (with the square or rounded corner)!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt looks awesome! Are you planning quilt it on your DSM?
ReplyDeleteWould love to hear your experience with it.
By the way, Connectingthreads.com is having a batting sale:
http://www.connectingthreads.com/tools/Quilt_Batting__L600512.html?intmedid=Left2--BattingSale
And anything more $50.00 ships for free.
Absolutely love your quilt well done x
ReplyDeleteI couldn't find it! Looks great!!
ReplyDeleteCool quilt!
ReplyDeleteGroovy! I did not find the error when looking for a place for the leftover white piece. (I got a great laugh over the IKEA reference though! So true!)
ReplyDeleteI would probably buy my favorite batting online if I couldn't find it locally and it was for a big project that I didn't want to be so experimental.
Great quilt! Love it - and I'd definitely NOT fix the tiny error that no one will ever find if not told! ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteYour blog posts are always the bests! They make me smile and sometimes I can't stop looking at your pics. Love the natural pictures that you take that have something like your amazing and helpful model in the corner. Oh, and I left out a whole piece too at first but caught it soon enough to rip and re-do. But your comment is the best where you said, "If I sat a group of people on this quilt with a bong..." had me laughing enough that my husband had to come over to see it. All in all, keep on blogging about those amazing quilts!
ReplyDeleteWay to make it your own ;) I am so excited to see this finished, I just love the colors you choice and the backing looks really fun!
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