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I love, love, love scrap quilts, the more fabrics the better, and that's how I justify buying all the fabric I do.

This particular quilt was chosen for today's prompt because tomorrow it will be on its way to Poland along with nine others from my "quilt room" (see day 3 prompt).

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2015 Quilts, borders, finished quilts, quilting · January 22, 2015

A Speed Bump Near the Finish Line

As I was sewing the binding to this quilt I felt this on the back.

French Kiss back pleat

When I flipped it over to take a look I couldn’t believe it. I’ve quilted probably a couple of hundred quilts on the frame and never had a pleat but somehow it happened on this one (of course!). Apparently the back wasn’t smooth when I turned it and reloaded to quilt the sides.  Ugh!  You are probably as sick of seeing this project as I am.  After my initial horror I consoled myself with a little treat that I keep by my machine for emergencies such as this.

caramels

 

Then I pulled out Jack (the ripper) and started fixing the mistake.  It was only about 14 inches so it didn’t take too long and I was able to re-load it and sew it correctly.

French Kiss finish

This quilt is now finished and ready to send to it’s new owner!  These aren’t colors I would normally use, but the fabrics are all so pretty and give this quilt a fresh modern look even though the design is more traditional.

French Kiss fabric

Hopefully this is the last we’ll see of this quilt!!!

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Comments

  1. Sew Crafty Jenn says

    January 22, 2015 at 7:04 am

    Well, the finished product is beautiful! How big is it? I love that you named your seam ripper, Jack. That seriously made me laugh out loud!

  2. Jacqi says

    January 22, 2015 at 9:11 am

    OMG I would have been crying so hard there would be no way I could fix it. You are terrific! It turned out beautiful.

  3. Sandra B says

    January 22, 2015 at 10:18 am

    Love this quilt! I may have to put this on my already too long list of quilts I would like to make….thanks for sharing…

  4. Susan says

    January 24, 2015 at 8:27 am

    Your last line made me laugh! Even with a tuck, it was beautiful. If I’d owned it, I wouldn’t have taken it out, but for a client, yes, have to. Thankfully it wasn’t that big an area!

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