kristakz

Ack, I've been outted! LOL
Working on keeping it from UFO status. I found a quilt in my pile that is almost the right size to pair with it (and at least it's the right shape this time). A couple of new borders on the UFO quilt (which I plan to work on at my sew day tomorrow), and I should have a back & top ready to go on the longarm.

For those not on the Fabric Moratorium thread - I made this lovely backing for a quilt. Back is 95x95" - but when I double checked the size of the top, it turned out to be 91x106" rather than the 96x96" that I thought it was. I completely forgot that I turned that square quilt into a rectangle. And that it apparently originally finished at 72x72".
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cherrybsixty

Thank you, Oksewglad, it really is finished, I machine sew the binding and I worked some more quilting in also. I just couldn't get the finished pix to download this afternoon. Maybe another time I can get loaded.

Kristakz, that's a gorgeous piece you are working on now.

I got the pix to load in the Picture section, "Finished Charity UFO."

Cherry

joe'smom

Congratulations on your cute finish, cherrybsixty! Your quilt looks soft and cuddly.

cherrybsixty

Thank you joe'smom, for your kind thoughts and you have a good day.

Cherry

MadQuilter

For those of you who are fighting with the binding (or just the thought of doing binding), have you tried flanged binding? I find it much easier to do (all by machine) because the flange gives me a clear line along which to sew the binding down. This method is best used for utility quilts - not show quilts.

Great finishes, everyone. I am actually working on my BFF's UFO. She finished the top and sandwiched but she is a total newbie at the actual quilting. So I volunteered. Shaking head since I have a gazillion of my own to finish. But, what are friends for, right?

kristakz

And failure #2

Added borders to what I thought was a 79" square quilt (I measured it - on one side apparently), and now it's 89x94" to the outside of the blue border. Way too close to the 95" quilt top to look good - plus it's not square (it was supposed to have a 4" black border after the blue).

Back to the drawing board once again. I ripped out all those borders to try one more time.
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oksewglad

Krista, this is sounding like the quilt from h***. Hope the third times a charm.

kristakz

I may never do another double sided quilt after this.

joe'smom

Oh my gosh, Krista, all that ripping! But what a fascinating quilt. Is there a pattern name?

kristakz

Thank you. There is no pattern name (or pattern), although I've been calling it "Rainbow Explosion". It is an original design.