The third and final BB quilt is on the frame. I finished the interior of the quilt top the night before last and then yesterday, I put the borders on and then loaded it onto Mo'e.
Getting it finished was no small accomplishment, trust me. I don't know why but I seemed to have more troubles with this one. Hubby said it was because I was rushing myself to get it done, but that's not true. I know I have several days between now and Jan. 1st to get it done - and it won't take that long - I HOPE!
I had math problems with this one... and I had a problem with this block that I didn't even notice until the rows were all sewn together and waiting for borders. Luckily, it was a pretty quick fix.
here's the top finished and waiting for borders.
I guess I didn't take another photo after they were added.... which was another of my math problems. I measured right down the middle of the quilt while it was hanging up so that I could cut the side borders to the needed size. Well, somehow those numbers didn't quite work out right. Less than 24 hours later I can't tell you what the mistake was - at least on the side borders, but I know there was one.... Then I goofed again when I went to do the top and bottom borders - I forgot to measure with the side borders attached! So, of course, they weren't long enough and I had to sew the piece I had trimmed off back on to each top and bottom border. ARGHHH. Luckily, the seams blend into the fabric so well that it's hard to see most of them.
Then, as I was sewing the backing pieces together, the pieces didn't match up exactly ( happens to me all the time) and I clipped and tore the 'extra', but it was like I was tearing in a spiral, it kept going and going... I've never had that happen before. I didn't have a lot of that fabric to begin with so I had to be careful not to waste it. Once I loaded it onto Mo'e (selvage 'edges' pinned on) and got the batting added, I laid out the quilt top with the top first - usually, I like to load with the top and bottom on the sides (does that make sense to you? it's the best way I can explain it but it doesn't sound very helpful) so that I work from the bottom of the quilt top across to the top of it and then back.
I did a little quilting on it last night.... and picked out some of the stitching. I tested on a scrap on the side before stitching on the quilt itself and it looked ( and felt) fine... but then when I got to stitching on the actual quilt, the top thread was laying on the top so I had to loosen the tension. Tried stitching again and it looks better on top, but I can feel the stitches on the bottom, so maybe I loosened it too much - I only did one full turn of the dial. I'm hoping to get a chance to work on it after the CT and UC visits and I'll turn it back 1/2 a turn tighter and see how that works.
I'm using gray/silver Glide on the top and black magnaGlide in the bobbin. I thought about using the same color top and bottom but the backing is a dark gray with black dots and you can see that the top is mostly light grays so, to me, it wasn't going to work. I just need to get that darned tension worked out.
Ok, we've got three hours before he has to be at the hospital, so I think I'm going to close this blog with a
Merry Christmas!
and go see what I can accomplish with the quilt this morning.
take care...
ttyl..
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