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At long last, but I made a big mistake when measuring up for this quilt. I made it to go on a single bed and instead of measuring the length of the bed properly I just eyeballed it and thought I'd got it right. So I made the quilt with 12" blocks, each block made up of 4 smaller 6 1/2" ones joined together. It was 4 blocks across by 5 down. A few days ago I finally backed it and sewed it all together, put on the binding and then proudly put it on the bed, but it was 8" TOO SHORT. My first reaction was to fold it up and put it with the rest of the UFO's, but I decided to bite the bullet and fix it. So I made another 4 x 12" blocks, sewed them into a strip, unpicked the binding along the bottom and partly up the sides, joined on some more batting, added another length of backing fabric, joined the new blocks to the bottom of the quilt, re-sandwiched the bottom and sewed on the binding, and you know what? I'm so glad I did because it looks lovely on the bed, far better than sitting on a pile of UFO's. By the way, haven't attempted quilting yet so to hold it all together I sewed a little pearl button in the centre of each block.
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Very Nice... Glad you kept at it and got it big enough :thumbup:
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It is VERY pretty!!
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Very pretty!
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Really nice... I love the colors.
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Beautiful
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Great job, Irish!
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Beautiful!! Great save!!!!!!
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Very pretty! And good for you taking care of the length right away!!
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Not a scrappy fan, but I wouldn't mind if you wanted to send it to me! LOL It is FanTabulous!
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Wow, that is so pretty. I'm glad you fixed it. It's much to pretty to be a UFO. Great job and thanks for sharing.
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That is very pretty. I love you used the alternating values of light and dark, it really makes this quilt sparkle.
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Awesome and I love the little button. Working on a wedding quilt right now that I will add odd antique buttons to the centers. They will be more decorative though as I also plan to quilt it first. I love the look.
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Very pretty !!!!Michele
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Very pretty. Love those scrappy quilts.
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NICE JOB! I really want to make one of those.
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Wonderful color choices!
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WOW
That is really pretty. Nice Job Bev |
but still very very pretty
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Now that is very nice-good job.
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I just love that quilt!
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Very nice use of scraps - lights and darks. Dramatic!!
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I love it. I am about to start something very similar.
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Really pretty!! :thumbup:
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Beautiful!!! I love the light and dark blocks :D:D:D
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Gorgeous quilt!! I'm a HUGE fan of scrappy quilts!!
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So pretty!
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Good save! It's very nice. Did you paper piece it? I think my next quilt will be similar. I did a tester block, and love it. But I had a hard time pulling out a random strips from a pile.
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Originally Posted by bertadel
Good save! It's very nice. Did you paper piece it? I think my next quilt will be similar. I did a tester block, and love it. But I had a hard time pulling out a random strips from a pile.
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love scrappy quilts - yours is great................
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Originally Posted by Irishlady
At long last, but I made a big mistake when measuring up for this quilt. I made it to go on a single bed and instead of measuring the length of the bed properly I just eyeballed it and thought I'd got it right. So I made the quilt with 12" blocks, each block made up of 4 smaller 6 1/2" ones joined together. It was 4 blocks across by 5 down. A few days ago I finally backed it and sewed it all together, put on the binding and then proudly put it on the bed, but it was 8" TOO SHORT. My first reaction was to fold it up and put it with the rest of the UFO's, but I decided to bite the bullet and fix it. So I made another 4 x 12" blocks, sewed them into a strip, unpicked the binding along the bottom and partly up the sides, joined on some more batting, added another length of backing fabric, joined the new blocks to the bottom of the quilt, re-sandwiched the bottom and sewed on the binding, and you know what? I'm so glad I did because it looks lovely on the bed, far better than sitting on a pile of UFO's. By the way, haven't attempted quilting yet so to hold it all together I sewed a little pearl button in the centre of each block.
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Originally Posted by Irishlady
At long last, but I made a big mistake when measuring up for this quilt. I made it to go on a single bed and instead of measuring the length of the bed properly I just eyeballed it and thought I'd got it right. So I made the quilt with 12" blocks, each block made up of 4 smaller 6 1/2" ones joined together. It was 4 blocks across by 5 down. A few days ago I finally backed it and sewed it all together, put on the binding and then proudly put it on the bed, but it was 8" TOO SHORT. My first reaction was to fold it up and put it with the rest of the UFO's, but I decided to bite the bullet and fix it. So I made another 4 x 12" blocks, sewed them into a strip, unpicked the binding along the bottom and partly up the sides, joined on some more batting, added another length of backing fabric, joined the new blocks to the bottom of the quilt, re-sandwiched the bottom and sewed on the binding, and you know what? I'm so glad I did because it looks lovely on the bed, far better than sitting on a pile of UFO's. By the way, haven't attempted quilting yet so to hold it all together I sewed a little pearl button in the centre of each block.
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beautiful!
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