I spent almost all day on quilty stuff today! The first thing I worked on was basting Aidan's quilt. Before we moved here we had a huge finished basement with stained concrete floors which were great for basting a quilt. Sadly, there isn't an easy place to baste in this house. I tried laying things out in the living room this morning, but I couldn't get the backing stretched out flat. No matter how I tugged and pulled and pinned, there were puckers and pleats in the backing. It was really frustrating. Finally, I stripped our king-sized bed and laid out the backing, batting and quilt top on it. For some reason it worked great! I was able to pin baste, then roll the quilt up as I worked.
I made some progress on a UFO today -- the black and white wallhanging I started right before Christmas.
I got more than half of the rows finished today. I don't know it it's harder than it looks or it was just me, but I made 8 rows before I finished one without having to rip!
I always thought I was a pretty accurate piecer, but working with black and white makes it difficult to hide any imperfection!
I hope it doesn't make any difference to the QRC Reader. If it does, I'll just turn it over and use the back as the front. I actually think its way cooler.
3 comments:
Well, I think the back would have a few too many loose threads for me. That is way cool. How could you baste on the bed?. I would be afraid of basting to the mattress
I had the same question as Mimi about catching the matress cover. What does the QRC say?? I have seen several of these and think they are pretty neat. What family member are you making it for?
Neat blocks and what a great idea to use your king size bed to lay out the quilt for basting!!
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