I finally completed the top yesterday!!! This was a bit of a struggle for me because I miscut the coping strip. Originally it was 2.5 inches instead of 3 inches because I made a beginners mistake: I forgot to add seam allowances. And I didn't notice the issue until I got all 4 sides of the coping strip stitched to the quilt. I thought about it all week: I could make the pieced border smaller and trim down the coping strip to match, or I could do it the right way and take off the blasted coping strip, cut it correctly and start over. I hate to redo anything, but ripping it off and starting over was the right thing to do.
Because I decided to recut the coping strip, I used up more of my bright green blenders than I intended, and the outer border is creatively pieced. I didn't want to buy any more fabric for this quilt. The whole point of making it was to use up my scraps. Are you tired of seeing the same old quilt? I am! I like it, but it's time to move on.
This quilt is 85 inches x 85 inches. It will be going into the floppy quilt pile. It doesn't bother me at all to have a bunch of floppies. If they never turn into quilts in my lifetime, that's ok too. My heirs can get them long armed just as easily as I can.
Used this week: 6 yards
Used Year to Date: 38.5 yards
Added this week:0
Added year to date:18.25 yards
Net Used: 20.25 yards
5 comments:
Love it! I think you can call it anything you want! Great job!
It turned out lovely. I like the unusual colors. It reminds me a hot summer time drink -- a lemonade/limeade with some mint leaves on the edge of the glass!
Love those pieced borders!
This quilt is so nice and bright, and a great way to use up scraps. I hope 2012 was a good year for using up the fabric you already had. Are you still managing to keep on top of it?
And completely agree with you about the floppies. I'm afraid that's the point where I start to lose interest :)
I've done that before too! Your solution came out perfect!
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