Another Finish for the Finish Along. This is another quilt using the "Falling Charms" pattern by Missouri Star Quilt Co. The fabric line is called Persimmon by Basic Gray. And the back is a beautiful panel and yardage from Kate and Birdie's Autumn Woods line. If you can believe it, I only paid $1.00 a yard for this fabric! I should have bought the entire bolt!
Points I pondered while finishing this quilt:
1. I had the backing yardage on hand, and was happy with how it looked with the front. But after it had been quilted, I saw that the quilter used navy thread to match the front, and off-white thread to match the back. You can see a lot of dots of navy on the back where the thread from the front pulled through. I read once that it is very difficult to get the tension exactly right and so I don't blame the quilter. I just need to remember not to use such a contrasting backing. I already did it once on something I quilted myself. Hopefully I don't make the same mistake 3 times!
2. I machine bound this quilt. I have tried this method before, and failed miserable. And I didn't set out to machine bind -- but I accidentally sewed the first side (raw edge) of the binding to the back instead of the front. Argh! This meant I would have had to hand-bind to the front, and I wasn't sure if the stitching would be too obvious. So I decided to try and machine bind. I glue basted the binding onto the front, and went for it. The glue basting helped, and if I ever machine bind again, I'll use that method. But I still had a hard time keeping the binding straight and my stitch straight. I also didn't have orange thread, so I used tan....it doesn't look horrible but you can definitely see it. I enjoy hand binding and will continue with that method.
And in closing, say "Hello" to my very smiley preschooler. It was his first day of school this week. An hour before this picture he was quite worried about going to a new preschool. While watching lunch we happen to watch Daniel Tiger on PBS -- he was going to school too. Tanner perked up, sang Daniel Tiger's song..."First get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, put on shoes and go to school!" He went off as happy as can be. :) When I picked him up and asked how it was, he said "At first it was kinda weird. But then it was fun."
Points I pondered while finishing this quilt:
1. I had the backing yardage on hand, and was happy with how it looked with the front. But after it had been quilted, I saw that the quilter used navy thread to match the front, and off-white thread to match the back. You can see a lot of dots of navy on the back where the thread from the front pulled through. I read once that it is very difficult to get the tension exactly right and so I don't blame the quilter. I just need to remember not to use such a contrasting backing. I already did it once on something I quilted myself. Hopefully I don't make the same mistake 3 times!
2. I machine bound this quilt. I have tried this method before, and failed miserable. And I didn't set out to machine bind -- but I accidentally sewed the first side (raw edge) of the binding to the back instead of the front. Argh! This meant I would have had to hand-bind to the front, and I wasn't sure if the stitching would be too obvious. So I decided to try and machine bind. I glue basted the binding onto the front, and went for it. The glue basting helped, and if I ever machine bind again, I'll use that method. But I still had a hard time keeping the binding straight and my stitch straight. I also didn't have orange thread, so I used tan....it doesn't look horrible but you can definitely see it. I enjoy hand binding and will continue with that method.
And in closing, say "Hello" to my very smiley preschooler. It was his first day of school this week. An hour before this picture he was quite worried about going to a new preschool. While watching lunch we happen to watch Daniel Tiger on PBS -- he was going to school too. Tanner perked up, sang Daniel Tiger's song..."First get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, put on shoes and go to school!" He went off as happy as can be. :) When I picked him up and asked how it was, he said "At first it was kinda weird. But then it was fun."
I am linking up to Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday and Quilt Infatuation's NTT.
I am also linking up to 2015 Finish-Along at On the Windy Side.
I am also linking up to 2015 Finish-Along at On the Windy Side.
Nice job! I always enjoy reading your posts (: And seeing the beautiful quilts and kids!
ReplyDeleteNice job on your Q3 finish!
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful finish! I'm visiting as part of the 2015 Finish Along official cheerleading squad.
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