Still getting the hang of it
I started this quilt many months ago, finished just the top, and put it away. I like the overall effect, but the assembly is very sloppy. As I cleaned up the big mess from the baby quilt I completed last month, I decided to haul the sewing machine back out and finish this one for good.
Quilting it turned out to be even more of a disaster than getting the corners of all the squares to match. This one really looks best when squinted at from a distance.
When I was visiting my parents last weekend, I found the first quilt I ever made, which was nine squares sewn together, backed with a sheet, and tacked with a few badly placed stitches to hold the front and back together. Ug-lee. I made it in high school, and the squares were old print-shop rags from Independent Project Records. Basically, ink-dyed cotton squares with record covers printed on them. The shop rags are really cool, but the quilt is pathetic.
Luckily, I also found a cache of unused shop rags. I may have another project on my hands.
November 5, 2007 7:24 PM
you are way too hard on yourself - that is one cool-looking quilt!!