......cuz, here comes sweet OVERLOAD !
Here's a photo showing how I solved the problem of not being able to quilt all the way to the edge........I went around 3/4 of an inch from the edge, all the way around the quilt. Then I straight-line quilted it. I tried some meandering, but the tension on the other side made the thread just lie there........it looked awful, so I took it out.
I actually looked up an old ruffler that I remembered having,
that fits my old Singer machine, and used it to make my ruffle.
I had some awkward moments with it, but all in all, I was quite satisfied.
I then cut the corners of the quilt off round,
by using my pin container's lid and my rotary cutter.
Next, sewing through only the batting and the
I applied the ruffle with a quarter-inch seam, splicing the ends of the ruffle
together as I finished. I flipped the ruffle to the outside,
turned under the seam allowance along the outside edge of the quilt,
and carefully sewed it down by machine.
And, VOILA !
This is why I referred to the "backing" yesterday
in quotation marks.........
because I knew then that
I was actually trying to make
a truly reversible quilt this time !
You likey?
I am just over the top IN-SANE
about it !
about it !
I confess that I meant to be making it for Autumn
Taylor, but am rationalizing keeping it
HERE,
for all the baby girls that pass
through my house. That's legit, right?
Shame on me !
i love that you sew on that gorgeous old machine. i got one at a flea market but have not figures out how to use it
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ReplyDeleteI likey!! That is just darling, and I love green, so I just love the colors you used too. Awesome machine, by the way, also.:)
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