Ohh Help Me!!!!! What a week of ups and downs in my creative space.
Earlier in the week I had my Hexagon quilt all "sandwiched" together ready to go for some hand quilting. I was so pleased that I was within reach for a finish .... not just a top Finnish but a complete finish and what made even more exciting was that I had promised myself that I could have a real play with my new toy, my Go Baby if I got a real finish.
Well my hexagon quilt went from this
then to having 8 hexagons hand quilted (sorry didn't get a pic of this bit) which involved working on it every spare minute I had when things started to fall apart....literally. I had used a basting spray and then pinned the quilt and to my disgust the basing spray wasn't sticking so I tried to do some border quilting to help hold the fabric. I thought this was working until yesterday morning when I sat and assessed the situation. Lets let some photos show you what happened next ..........
I thought I could just unpick some bits to fix and go from there.........
Nope ...... In my utter disgust at the state of my quilt, I unpicked it ALL and am going to have to start again.
It is now hanging on the side of my storage unit waiting my attention :(
One positive thing for my poor quilt top is that I have decided to Bind it in the same fabric as the border!
Thank you EVERYONE for your suggestions on the border fabric it has been GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I am loving the progress that everyone is sharing here.
Happy stitching, Sharon
5 comments:
ohhh I feel your pain...I am madly trying to bind my grandson Noahs ark quilt...and while I was quilting it, I turned it over and to my disgust the material had slipped, annoyed I too took to the long task of 'unpick'....just keep focused on how wonderful it will be when its finished... I love the border!!! might be what I will do instead of a hexi border hmmmm...
happy stitching
Deb R
oh oh what a bad luck. I hope you find sone the time and spirit to start all over again.
Good luck!
Sandra
Leave it for a week or two and then you might feel more interested to give it another go. I have never used basting spray before as I prefer to hand tack layers together first. I love the border too.
oopsie so sorry about your dramas Sharon, see if it was me, I would have put the whole thing through the shredder, the after photo would be confetti like LOL
It will get done and it will be smashing :)
Greetings from the Amish community of Lebanon county. Have a great weekend folks. Richard from Amish Stories.
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