Saturday 5 April 2014

Success :)

Hi everyone,

Thank you for giving me your honest opinion about the blue and white quilt.  I had to agree with the majority and fix it.  I thought of two other options, but then decided they would take longer to do.



Here is the revised version. I am much happier with it now.  I still find it interesting that I didn't
notice anything was wrong until I looked at the first set of pictures.  This is one of those designs
that makes your eyes buggy if you stare at it too long LOL.


So, what went wrong?  I started with 10 blocks across, then decided 11 would be better.  The rows
were not sewn together yet, so I just added one block to each row.  Once I unpicked the rows that were wrong, I could see that there were just those two blocks on the left that made everything else
be in the wrong places.  It wasn't hard to fix. I only unpicked 3 rows and then remade those two blocks so they would be facing the  right way. No matter which way I turned them, they were still wrong and needed to be sewed in the opposite way.


I remade my design wall today (it's a flannel sheet on a door). The lumpy spot in the quilt top in the bottom left corner is over the door knob.  This will be a safe place to keep it until the batting arrives.
One thing I did differently with this quilt top is to spray it with a light starch mist with each pressing.
This made a noticeable difference in the accuracy of all those points, especially taking into consideration the amount of bias edges in the top. I plan to use the starch on all patchwork from now on. I used an inexpensive brand that you mix with water yourself in your own spray bottle.


While I was doing all that ironing today, I decided to get this flimsy out again. It has been finished for months. I even had the backing and batting already cut. All it needed was the final ironing before
basting.  I'm not sure if I will get to this today or wait until it's cooler in the morning in that room. xx debbie

12 comments:

  1. Hello Debbie,

    Glad the quilt is how you like it now. Love the scrappy one too.

    Happy days.
    Bev.

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  2. Well done on the unpicking, it now looks fantastic.
    Starch... now there's an idea worth taking on board. Must find me some now.
    I wish I had a 'design' wall. I will have to try and sort one out for myself.

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  3. I bet you are happier now even after some extra sewing...as it looks great. Thanks for your company last night too! :)

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  4. It looks great Debbie, so glad you changed it and you are happy with it. Yes starch does make a big difference. The scrappy quilt is lovely too. Hugs.....

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  5. Yes, it does look better after the re-vamp!... Great scrappy quilt - You got a lot done...

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  6. I just looked at your previous post to see why you needed to change it. Definitely worth doing some unpicking and fixing it up. Looking really lovely. .

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  7. The re-do looks well worth it. Looks great.

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  8. Phew! That didnt take long now did it! LOL! Well done - you achieved a lot!

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  9. wow that looks heaps better,bet you are glad now that you changed it,lovely work Deb.xx

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  10. good on you Debbie for doing that - sometimes when we are working so close with something, it's not until we take a pic or a step back that we see a fault or error...

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  11. The pretty blue zig zags came out beautifully. Pretty fabrics. Love the dinosaurs too!

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  12. Now that is something hat I would do....looks great in the long run.

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