I have been quilting just long enough to get over confident, and today, I gleefully started to quilt my Corvette quilt. I had bought a checker black and white fabric, like a race flag for the backing.
I made two full length stitches before I realized I had forgotten to pull down the walking foot and therefore I had puckers everywhere!
And then when I started ripping the thread out, I noticed that the seams on the back didn't line up with the backing right, and it just looked awful.
I finished ripping out the thread, thinking the whole time about what I wanted to do, and I have decided that I just have to buy different fabric for the back, because I will never get the backing to line up right.
So, phooey. Tomorrow I am going to buy some plain red or gray so that if I pin it on crooked, as I will, it won't show.
Yeah, I'll attach a picture of my quilt. You will agree that a checkered back would have looked wonderful. Maybe sometime I will use that backing, on a smaller quilt, and when I am a bit more experienced!! My quilt will still look very good, and I will try to forget how I had it pictured mentally!
But....still...phooey.