Please help newbie salvage quilt top. Thanks!!
10-30-2014, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by KenmoreGal2
Here it is, a quilt top with truly off-set blocks! I'm very pleased. Thank you for all who helped. You really gave me the motivation and inspiration to fix this properly. It was pretty easy too. Now to put the dark blue border around it.
Very clever fix. Looks great. I'm so glad you were able to get past the problem you were having. I always try to remember that quilts are not set in stone, you can always change them at any point with a seam ripper. I have ripped lots of times and been happier with my finished project. Keep on quilting.
10-30-2014, 05:04 AM
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Here is my quilt, all done!! Thanks to everyone. Your support and advice were excellent. Being a newbie, I ran into a problem which I'll ask about in a different thread. I think this is nice enough to give as a Christmas present after all. Especially since the recipient knows I'm new to quilting.
10-30-2014, 08:59 AM
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Any handmade project would be a great gift and sounds like this one was made with a lotta love. Go on and quilt it, give it and stand back and receive the compliments! Winter's coming and this looks like a warm one! Keep on quiltin'! None of us would've ever kept going if we had stopped with our first quilt :0) Is anyone ever satisfied with their "first" of any project? Come on--you can do this!
10-30-2014, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by KenmoreGal2
Here it is, a quilt top with truly off-set blocks! I'm very pleased. Thank you for all who helped. You really gave me the motivation and inspiration to fix this properly. It was pretty easy too. Now to put the dark blue border around it.
10-30-2014, 02:48 PM
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The quilt looks good. I would add a border of one of the fabrics inside the quilt equal in size all the way around and this way your quilt will be balanced. A quilt always looks so much better when quilted and this one will be lovely! I see someone already had this idea. Your quilt looks great with the blue border! 
10-30-2014, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by KenmoreGal2
Oh, you folks are making me feel so much better!!
OK, so if I tell people "I made it this way" and it's a staggered quilt, can you give me ideas how to make the bottom straight? If I just cut it off the way it is now, I will have a 2" beige sashing on one side with the other ones getting progressively smaller until the last one is about 1/2". Should I try to add a bit of something to that 1/2" one? The same beige? Do you think the bottom should be kept the way it will be - staggered??
OK, so if I tell people "I made it this way" and it's a staggered quilt, can you give me ideas how to make the bottom straight? If I just cut it off the way it is now, I will have a 2" beige sashing on one side with the other ones getting progressively smaller until the last one is about 1/2". Should I try to add a bit of something to that 1/2" one? The same beige? Do you think the bottom should be kept the way it will be - staggered??
10-30-2014, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by KenmoreGal2
Here it is, a quilt top with truly off-set blocks! I'm very pleased. Thank you for all who helped. You really gave me the motivation and inspiration to fix this properly. It was pretty easy too. Now to put the dark blue border around it.
love it all staggered. Looks wonderful. Good job with first quilt.
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