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.
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