Update: To see the complete process for this quilt, check out:
The crazy quilt is done. It took me less than a month from the
first cut to the
final stitch. Yep, I know, I rock. I mean, if you can quilt and rock at the same time. I suspect
Scott would say this is impossible, and
Jennifer would say "hell yeah!". All I'm thinking is
thank dog. Shout outs (
hah! I'm acting like I'm a rapper or something) to my mom and Aunt Inger who gave me sage advice on how to tie this thing together from a colour perspective and also told me when to stop adding blocks. Good thing too, because I have a hard time knowing when to wrap it up and this thing could have gotten into acreage territory.
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The part that I absolutely do not enjoy when it comes to quilting is the machine part. It's bulky and awkward and boring (see below). Plus I suck at it and I'm never quite happy with the end result. Enter my mom to save the day and sign me up for a
machine quilting class at the
Oakville Sewing Centre for my birthday and is also gifting me the required sewing machine attachments I'll need. I am guessing if I get better at it I might enjoy it more. Or maybe I just need a bigger bottle of wine. Or maybe THAT'S the problem...hmmm...
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After I got sick of machine quilting, I hand quilted around the centre squares. It didn't take as long as I thought I would, because, I was thinking it was going to take FOREVER.
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One of my favourite things about this quilt is the backing. I picked a super bright and cheery orange flower flannel. It made quilting this beast tolerable because you can't stay grumpy for long looking at this beautiful fabric. I have a feeling I will end up using it again some time. I wonder if it comes in lime green?? I used a combination of all of the orange fabrics for the binding which ties it all together really well.
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I ended up staying up until 1am to finish sewing on the binding. Scott found me like this in the morning (notice the new haircut).
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My best work yet for sure. Now onto the jelly roll quilt (which I finished basting last night). I'm going to quilt it by hand because I don't want to do anymore machine quilting until I take that class next month!
Gorgeous! And the quilt is too!
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oh my what a thing of beauty! Good for you Katrina, super woman.
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