I should name it "The Whale"
 

I say this because I have been "fighting" this heavy, stiff quilt (queen) for days now and it feels as if I have been wrestling a whale.

I know it isn't true but I feel as though anything and everything that could have gone wrong with this quilt did. I started this quilt over a year ago and then had to put it away. Doing so meant that my next strip cuts and seams were not the same. Had to remove them and do them over again. Decided to do QAYG (which I loved doing on the blocks) and had to bury all of the points as they did not end up even similar to each other. I decided to use Glo In The Dark thread for quilting and when I pressed my sashing on the first two blocks, I melted the GID thread. Had to carefully pick it away from the fabric and use regular thread. Got to the borders and the wrestling match began. They are done. Whew! I decided to use the Glo In The Dark thread to quilt my GGD name into the design of both top and bottom borders so that when she turns out the lights, she will see her name. Thus I am naming this quilt "Mystery of the Hidden Wells Quilt".


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Excellent quilt!

Hope you keep it up. Just use the rule of the galloping horse.

Hang the quilt up and ride by on a galloping horse. If you can't see the problem as you pass by it is not worth fixing. (LOL).

Oh you did wonderful work. Cant' believe the Glow in the Dark thread melted. Good to know I guess. Lovely quilt girl!!!

honestly, I think you are too hard on yourself. The quilt looks great

Looks good to me. Sorry you had issues, but I know that sometimes they just happen. I tried four times to get two seams to nest properly and they have defied me all the way. I am now ready to try again. A good night's sleep helps.

Well be glad you are not in the belly of the beast! Its a beauty, what ever you went through to get to this finish , it was worth it! Its a wonderful quilt.

very nice quilt...........

In the end, you made a beautiful quilt. What a story. It will be loved.
peace

The result is so beautiful! don't we look at our own work with magnifier, especially when we spend that much time on a project. All I see is a great quilt and I just love the colors and the pattern you used Bravo for your determination and patience. So worth it!

Beautiful work!!!

Lovely quilt! Edie will love it!

It's beautiful and worth every difficult moment. Congratulations on completing it.

You have done a wonderful job. Looks great!!!!

Gorgeous!! Had not seen that pattern I don't think(?). Worth the work you put into it!

Thank you, everyone, for your kind and encouraging words. I so appreciate it.

Very very nice. Curious about the Glo-in-the-dark thread, is it difficult to quilt with?

I think it's beautiful! I've had this pattern in my head to make! Fun idea to use glow in the dark thread.

Joyce, I found it to be just like any other thread, however, it comes on a tube that has a very wide hole in the bottom so that it does not fit on a sewing machine spindle. I had to use my stand-alone spindle.

Love it!! Kudos!

That's one of my favorite patterns. Well done!

Sorry that you had issues with this Whale, but it turned out wonderful!

Stunning. What is the name of the pattern please? I am glad you stuck with it. BrendaK

It looks great! I am working on a quilt that I call Frankenstein. I like that you call yours The Whale.

Beautiful quilt and quilting!

Very nice quilt.

Beautiful, I really like your colors.

Is there a pattern that you started with?

It may be a whale but it's beautiful! I love your name for it also. Great job!

Your beautiful quilt gave me a great laugh. after reading of your struggles with it, I looked at the pic and with my bad eye-sight, I thought you had written something that ended in "'til I die". I hadn't made out the E.

Truly a lovely quilt! Sorry you had problems but it is really worth the struggle. Congrats on sticking with it.

Awesome job!

Your quilt looks wonderful! Like a lot of things, those quilts that make us work longer on them, we remember the most. I have a Christmas round robin quilt like that, and I can tell a 10 minute story about all the things that went wrong and are still wrong....but, I still use it on my bed every year! It makes me smile.

So pretty, great quilting.