I’ve heard this saying so many times and didn’t quite get it until this quilt arrived. This, along with the previous one, came when I already had enough quilts to keep me busy for a couple of weeks. The quilter, leaving for Australia at the beginning of July, asked if I could quilt these, and initially, I refused, but later felt guilty, thinking how neatly she made them, how eager she was to gift them, and I agreed.
I did the
previous one for her brother with no problems whatsoever, BUT instead of laying
my 3 layers out, as I always do, I simply assumed this quilt could be loaded
exactly as the previous one. Big
mistake!! I got to roughly 2 inches of
the bottom edge and realised the backing was too small. I know backings can be joined on the longarm, but I didn’t want a seam in the backing.
I therefore
spent a whole weekend and a day just unpicking. No more feeling sorry for or pushing someone
up in my quilting line-up. I’ve learnt
my lesson.
Laat my dink aan mense wat ook wag tot die aand voor die tyd om "gou" 'n hempie te laat borduur. Sit mos rond en wag spesiaal vir daardie rush joppie. Laaste sien van die blink kantien toe die naald breek en gat in hemp slaan... Nee, ons doen nie meer daai ding nie.
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