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03-16-2010, 05:15 AM

danmar

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Hi there. I got an email from my SIL that she's having a baby shower for my niece Nikki,the end of this month, in VA. She suggested a diaper changing pad if I wanted to make something. I decided to make Nikki 2, but then decided that the
second one was cute so I'd make her a blanket out of it.

The diaper changing pad came out alright I guess. I quilted it on my sewing machines, in what are suppose to be "waves". I am totally new to the machine quilting part, so they didn't turn out to good/straight. The blanket was pretty good until I SID'd it.
Now it kind of ruffles on the edges. I hope she will still like them. I just need to practice ALOT more, on machine quilting.

Front of Diaper Changing Pad 3/13/10

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Back of Diaper Changing Pad

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Nikki's Baby Blanket 3/15/10

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03-16-2010, 05:16 AM

tlrnhi

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I think it's cute!!!

03-16-2010, 05:18 AM

mimisharon

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I think they turned out very nicely. What bothers you?

03-16-2010, 05:20 AM

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I guess you could wash it and blame the dryer. I think it is really cute, I know I would be happy to get something that nice,and I bet she will be too.Love both of them.

03-16-2010, 05:25 AM

danmar

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Originally Posted by mimisharon

I think they turned out very nicely. What bothers you?

When I was making the blanket, in this next picture it was "square", measuring 40" x 45". (No binding or SID.) Now that I've done those 2 things, it "ruffles" around the edges and it now measures 39" x 44". The back of the blanket looks so pretty to me though. It really shows the SID.

What did I do wrong??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Before the SID and binding

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My favorite part The Back before Binding

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03-16-2010, 05:26 AM

montanaquilter

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looks to me like you did a good job. i like the waves on the changing pad--looks cool and different!! i think they are both absolutely beautiful!!

03-16-2010, 05:27 AM

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I guess I'm failing to see what the problem was. Both look very nice. Is it the upclose inspection of the stitches that bother you? If so, I bet your niece will never notice something that small.

03-16-2010, 05:27 AM

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I like them alot!

03-16-2010, 05:29 AM

Rachelcb80

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Originally Posted by mimisharon

I think they turned out very nicely. What bothers you?

As far as I've ever known, quilting almost always causes some shrinkage. I think it's just a given a quilt will come down in size a little after it's quilted. I don't think you did anything wrong.