"Yes,
there were times
I'm
sure you knew
When
I bit off more than I could chew
But
through it all when there was doubt
I
ate it up and spit it out
I
faced it all
And
I stood tall
And
did it my way "
(My
Way ~ Frank Sinatra)
Yes, that's exactly how I feel when I was working on this quilt in the past few days. This flying geese originally was a commissioned quilt. She gave me the idea from Pinterest and we discussed in details about everything. I even did a little research on how to finish it on a domestic machine without breaking my shoulder LOL, because it's huge quilt!
Doing the geese panel was all fun and I love HST! Until I tried the partial quilting thingy! I wish I was wiser! From the tutorial it looked doable, well, it was if it was a smaller quilt but not when you are doing king size on domestic machine!! Lesson learnt : Be wise and leave it to the expert (a.k.a longarmer)
So, few days ago, when the house was quiet, I took out the quilt which has been sitting in the corner of my room for 4 years -__- and decided to get it done! After spreading the crumpled UFO quilt on the bed, I put on a cheerful playlist on my Play Music, and ironing it. Cleared the center table and started pinning. All 3 panels were already quilted separately and I already sewed the backing of the middle and one side panel. Now I only have to pin and sew the front panel together. Well, it feels easier now that I put it in writing hahahaha. Really, it took several bloody moments (from pricking my fingers) and by evening, one side panel is attached! Pheew.
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I continued working the next day to attach the other side and realized yesterday's one was all wonky at the back and I had to unpick. Duh!! OK, actually I battled whether to leave it as is, but the nagging feeling won!
I cut 4" wide binding and if you have not downloaded Robert Kaufman Quilt Calculator Apps, maybe you should! It really helped!! By the way, I used my dependable Jack Machine! I love because it has sturdy wide table that I could manage the quilt easily on it.
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| Don't you love the butterfly backing? I do :) |
It's far from perfect but it's done and I love it. Just in time for winter here in Northeast India!
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| view from my kitchen window |
So, if you have unfinished projects, don't give up on it! Just work at your own pace ^_^. Now, I can reward myself with few episodes of C-Drama! Yay!
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| from Kdrama "On the Way to Airport" |
Thank you for stopping by!
Have a nice day,
Elvira
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