Friday, February 13, 2015

pink parade, a finished (and SOLD :-) quilt



 I gotta tell you - I am just so tickled!


and threw it in the washer this morning at 10:25.
Brandon and Jeremiah snapped a few photos when it came out of the dryer
(thanks, guys!!)
and we delivered it at 1:00 this afternoon.


I am 
so excited to be able to give Rahab's Rope a sewing machine for Valentine's Day!!
(ok, so technically, I didn't earn enough to buy one,
but I have another small sewing job coming up 
where I'll earn the rest of the money, so I'm calling it a win
and giving one anyways :-)


I free motion quilted a loop de loop
in white Aurifil with light grey Bottom Line in the bobbin.
I really wanted to use pink thread,
but my machine was not liking it.
I'd sew for 3 minutes, and seam rip for 10.
After and hour of that, I said forget it,
switched threads,
and everything went swimmingly from then on.


I added 'Jesus loves you' as requested,


only,
I had planned on using pink thread when I determined where I was going to put it
(I always like to have these things in my head when I get started)
and I didn't think to change plans after I changed threads.
I thought it might not show up well enough,
so I added a second 'Jesus loves you' on the California Dreamin' fabric
for good measure.


I'd planned to sew the binding to the back by machine,
but once again,
I misjudged my seam allowance when I sewed the binding on,
and had to sew it down by hand.


Which, of course is my preferred method


plus - it gives me more time to enjoy my fantastic corners ;-)



but, of course, adds quite a few hours (that I didn't charge for) to the making of the quilt...


Even still ~ I made a quilt in less than 3 days!! :-)


And 
we did (some) school
and nobody went hungry.
We exercised,
and I even showered twice....





6 comments:

  1. I too love making those perfect corners in the binding by hand - that and the whole quilt look great.

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  2. Not surprised it sold. Beautiful quilt. Congrats.

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  3. Beautiful quilt, my favorite part is the "Jesus loves you" in the quilting!

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  4. Beautiful colors and quilt and love the kids with the balloons at the bottom!

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  5. It turned out SO cute and those corners are pretty snappy! Another machine for Rahab's Rioe - yay!!! I love all the disclaimers about getting the quilt done on three days. I can only dream about that. :)

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