1) I sashed and filled in all the negative space and got all my broken diamonds together. I made the back and sandwiched the whole thing. I was happy. I felt like I was in a really good place to leave it on the floor in the downstairs living room. I could go to work for the rest of the week and then quilt it on the weekend. Life is good. I then hopped on the exercise bike for my late afternoon cycle. From my lofty perch, I often stare down at the floor at whatever quilt is in the floor stage (sandwiched and awaiting quilting). I realized that I had the quilt in the wrong orientation... at least in my mind. I wanted the diamonds to be vertical, with the lighter sides on the left. ARGH! After I did my cycling, I had to un-sandwich the quilt. Add some white to the top and the bottom of the quilt to make it the right length and chop some of the white off the sides to bring it down to the right width. Then I re-sandwiched the whole thing. Life was then good. I cycled today and from my lofty perch, life is still good. Quilt renovations complete. (And this quilt is inspired by Kati's quilt by the way.)
2) I pulled scraps for the Modern Scrappy bits swap. I hope these make my partner happy!!!!
3) I cut a metre of this fabric into 5" charm squares for the Canadian Text Me a Charm swap!
4) I have an "in progress" Modern Scrappy Bits swap project on the go.
5) My Scrappy Trip quilt aka 1512 is finished!!!!!
And that is where this quilter is at. What about you? Linking up with the Needle and Thread Network and Lee at Freshly Pieced for Work in Progress Wednesday.
OMG, I can not believe you unsandwiched a quilt!! I would have just quilted the thing and called it good! I'm interested to see how you quilt it! Love that type fabric. :D
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your knees must be killing you. I can't believe you unsandwiched. I on the other hand, sandwiched, and quilted a quilt then saw that part of a block was turned the wrong way. I left it. no one has noticed but me. Not even the 100's who viewed it on my blog, the guild at retreat, family, nobody but me.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what exercise does for our brains but you go one step farther and analyse your work as you are exercising! I am taking a workshop on Modern quilts next week. I will be thinking about you! Are you machine quilting this?
ReplyDeleteWow, you sound busy, busy. I wonder what would have happened if you hadn't gotten on the bike.
ReplyDeletelooking good
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah!! I don't know that I could have taken it apart either...lol Good for you.
ReplyDeleteI am not the kind of person who would unsandwich a quilt. I would conclude from something like that that the quilt preferred to be made that way, and I would take the lazier way out and listen. It looks really good! I have the fabric for the charm swap and I posted it in the Flickr group, but I have to cut it up yet. I can't wait to get all those lovely charms in the mail!
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What a beautiful diamond quilttop! I guess I wouldn't have unsandwiched the quilt. Sandwiching is not my favorite job! I can't wait to see it quilted. Are you going to do that yourself or do you send it to a longarmquilter?
ReplyDeleteWow! You have much patience to unsandwich a quilt! However, the end result is very striking!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I admire your dedication, un- and re-sandwiching! It's worth it to have made something that you are truly happy with!
ReplyDeleteNow that is some dedication to your "vision" to actually unsandwich a quilt! I'd have done it too. :)
ReplyDeleteThe colors are beautiful!
yes, sometimes it pays to really look at what we are making! lol
ReplyDeletea different perspective is all it takes - looks great now - and I can't wait to get some of those texty charm squares!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt top is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat's why exercise is dangerous! Your quilt will be stunning!
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