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2015 quilts, jelly roll, Scrap Basket Beauties,, scrap quilt, works in progress · May 4, 2015

Way More Work Than It Should Have Been

Did you ever have a project where it seemed that something went wrong every step of the way?  Well that is this project for me.  The quilt is called Porch Swing from Kim Brackett’s book Scrap-Basket Beauties.  Since it uses 2-1/2” strips I thought it would be a good quilt for my 40 yard dash.  The instructions are straightforward and the blocks really aren’t difficult, it was all just operator error!

First off, I cut the wrong fabric for my outside blocks.  I didn’t catch the mistake even after cutting all 32 of them so compounded my error by sewing these incorrect units into blocks.  After re-cutting and sewing those again I started on the center blocks and quickly realized some of my points were going in the wrong direction.  Argh!  So it was back to cutting and sewing more blocks.

Finally I got it to this point

Porch Swing

but couldn’t leave well enough alone.  I rearranged a few blocks and as I was sewing the rows together I realized I had switched an outer block with an inner one so the secondary pattern didn’t work right.  So, once more, I spread out all the blocks, fixed my mistake and sewed it together.  It’s days like this when I wonder why I think this is fun!!!

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Comments

  1. Sandi says

    May 5, 2015 at 3:57 am

    It turned out so pretty! Some days nothing I’m sewing goes right, I would have probably folded it up for another time. Good for you for finishing. Hugs,

  2. Terry says

    May 5, 2015 at 10:13 am

    It turned out beautifully, congratulations for sticking with it. It would have been in time out at my house.

  3. Susan says

    May 5, 2015 at 7:30 pm

    But you won’t wonder that any more once it’s together and quilted and bound. =) It’s a wonderful looking quilt design! Every time I read about this book, I think again about getting it!

  4. Bonnie says

    May 5, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    You know we all have days like that. I think I remember one of those quilts where I did the whole thing with things spinning the wrong direction; that or half were supposed to point one way and other half the opposite to create the design and they all went 1 way. You soldiered on and you will make in beautiful!

  5. Renee says

    May 5, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    Oh no! Sewing days like that are responsible for a couple of UFOs safely tucked away in my sewing room. I am impressed by your perseverance. Your photo looks fabulous!

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