New Skill: Tried a new pattern.
Whew. This quilt was a crazy whirlwind. LET. ME. TELL. YOU.
I had spent a while trying to figure out what to get a young boy for his birthday and I decided, screw it, I’ll just make a quick quilt with my fabric stash. Quick and easy…yeah, sure.
The party is in a few days. I use some stashed fabrics and spend two evenings sewing. I realize that the layout isn’t working. I’ve tried everything but it looks terrible. It’s the worst quilt I’ve ever made. I can’t give it away. It’s late, I’m tired. Someone please burn it. I’ve wasted 2 days.
I decide to start from scratch. I buy everything I need and work ALL DAY following a pattern I found for a simple quilt. I’d be done but I make the mistake of attempting a quilt as you go (for the first time and really late at night) and it doesn’t work. I’ve ruined my backing fabric and batting.
Now it’s the morning of our wedding anniversary. I’ve been frantically working on the second quilt for 2 days and our house looks like a bomb went off in a fabric store. I scramble to finish sewing and do some damage control so we don’t come home to a crazy house. Quilt is still not done. I tell myself I won’t come home and sew after dinner, but I do, and I’m so tired that I can’t figure out how to machine sew a binding on (something I regularly do) so I give up.
The following day the party is at noon. I try to finish as quickly as possible. I’m about a half hour late to the party, but I made it and I’m happy to report that even though the one year old “helped” with the quilting (so it’s a bit bunched on the back) the birthday boy liked it.
Quirky Quilts 