... there'd be days like this.....
What's wrong with this picture? (aside from the snippits of thread where I started to rip...)
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What's wrong with this picture? |
First, I sewed right side to wrong side. So I ripped it out and sewed wrong side to right side!!
And it didn't get any better from there on, either.
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Sashing Gone Wrong |
Another case of wrong side to right side. And the worst was yet to come.
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It gets worse! |
The most aggravating part of this is after I sewed it wrong, I pressed it, I squared it up, I added a sashing strip, and I pressed it again. It wasn't until I put it back on the wall that I saw the mistake.
It just doesn't pay to hurry! Actually, this project was star-crossed from the get-go. I had purchased the background at Mountain QuiltFest in March, along with a selection of solids to match the dots, and a jelly roll of strips in bright pastel checks and stripes for the 9-patch centers. Oh, I had visions of modern loveliness!
But when I did a test run with the jelly roll strips I wasn't very happy with the result. It was March, I didn't need this until October, so I set it aside.
Now, with only two weeks to deadline, I finally got back to the task at hand, I tried making random 9-patches with bright squares from my stash. (I should note here that I don't do random very well, but I'm working on it!) I either had too much or too little contrast. And the solids were dull, dull, dull.
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Contrast issues |
I selected other fabrics from my stash for the star points and forged on with getting things underway. After deciding that the the 9-patches were not to my liking, I looked for other options, including the original jelly roll that was nowhere to be found! Since I had suggested to my students -- oh, I forgot to mention that this is a sample for a class I'm teaching at Quilt Camp in West Virginia ...
Anyway, since I had suggested that they could substitute a square of focus fabric for the 9-patch units, I decided to take that route. But I went a step further and made quarter-square kaleidoscope blocks.
Stills needs borders, but this will have to do for now:
The pattern is Wink and a Smile by Lisa Christensen -- out of print, sadly, but I did receive her permission to teach it.
Hope your week goes better than mine!
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