Make Me an Example



Who ordered the snow?!  I sure didn't do anything resembling a snow dance so it wasn't me.  Even if I expected it, the weather was still a major downer today.

I stayed up way too late last night sewing.  I shouldn't have because it messed up my whole day.  I had neither the energy or the motivation to accomplish anything today.

I am the worst quilting example.

I'm doing everything I can to ruin the puppy quilt.  I had the worst time cutting down the center section down and getting it square.  I'm such a dunderhead sometimes when I don't use quilting common sense.  I make it a point to sew accurately so that I don't have to square stuff up.  It's actually less work to do so and less frustrating!  I end up having to think more.

Then, in trying to even out the quilt to make adding the border easier, I added sashing strips larger than called for.  I didn't like the way that looked so I decided to trim an inch off all of them.  Not only was this wasteful, but on one side I got lazy and ended up miscutting so I had to take the strip entirely off and add a new one. 

Ugh!

At least I know the top isn't wonky, because these sashing strips fit the quilt on all four sides without any easing.

Like I've said before.  People may not like all the quilting rules out there...... but they really are tried and true AND should be followed.  Following them saves headaches later.  Whenever I use shortcuts or get lazy, I'm always sorry!

I'm back on track. 

I wanted the next border which is striped to be a bit different than the pattern, but I have trouble with random and I want to be accurate so I drafted 4x6" sections in EQ7 as a paper piecing pattern.  I know....a bit anal, but it works for me.

I'm also happy to report that I finally got the binding totally sewed on the Remember Who Loves You owl quilt.  All I have to do is make the label.  S is really getting annoyed with me.  She wants me to finish it asap.  She's going to have to wait.  I can't just put any label on it.