So Dh came up to the office (which doubles as our guest room and has a queen sized bed) to find me practically in tears as I looked at the completely finished top for DD and SIL's quilt. It was almost touching the floor on three sides. I don't know how I miscalculated, but in my opinion, it was about 10 inches too big all around. I was trying to figure out the easiest way to dismantle a portion of it and re-size.
He started asking me questions:
'Is this the size of their bed?' Yes.
'Is their bed this low or is it higher?' I think it is a bit higher.
'Will the top be the same size after it is quilted?' Well, probably a bit smaller because of the quilting.
'What about after it is washed? It's cotton, right? and cotton shrinks, right?' Well, yes it will probably shrink a bit when it is washed because I want to use Hobbs 80/20. (small sidebar while I explained what 80/20 meant )
'What if you just trimmed a bit off the last border all around? Would that be enough?' Ummm.....(a moment or two of silence as I contemplated that easy fix and kicked myself for not thinking of it
) Okay, I could get it quilted the way it is, remeasure and trim if necessary at that point.
Eureka!! Yes, that might just work!
'Well then, can I have my chair back please?'
What a man!!