NYE Mystery Quilt #1-Finally done!
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Again, thank you all for the wonderful praise and encouragement. You are all giving me warm fuzzies inside!
Pal - What a fabulous idea to use a tea dye to tone it down a bit! I had completely forgotten the great results I had years ago when I dyed a batch of fabric to get it to blend together, except I used a tan dye instead of tea. I just might try that with this one. Thank you for the idea!
Making two quilts with a muslin backing would have been nice, but I don't have any, and I am determined to not buy any more fabric, and get my scraps under control.
salederer - Excellent point! I was so excited to see that my FMQ went from horrible to just bad as I finished the FMQ on this one. I'm shooting for reaching mediocre on the next one! lol
osewme - TWO!!??!! I started to make a list of my UFO's last year and gave up when I got to 50!
I really like both sides, and would have made individual quilts out of them with muslin backing. You could always tea dye the quilt to tone down the pink or soften the white if that's what's bothering you. What a shame to do all of that work and then not be happy with the result.
Making two quilts with a muslin backing would have been nice, but I don't have any, and I am determined to not buy any more fabric, and get my scraps under control.
Good for you! FMQ takes a lot of practice. Great job for your first try. Now you will have two quilts that if you still don't care for, will make great donation quilts. A non quilter will never notice any imperfections and you will continue to get better with practice.
osewme - TWO!!??!! I started to make a list of my UFO's last year and gave up when I got to 50!
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