Hey Y'all!
This has been a crazy Labor Day week. We had to take cover from tornado threats late last week to pending hurricane Irma this coming week. In the midst of all of this, I received a wee bit of bad news regarding my health, but this too shall pass. All I have to do is (In my Dory voice),"Just keep quilting, just keep quilting!"
Most may already know that my son decided to experience life living in the dorms. He moved in last month and begged me to make something for his wall. Well, I could just make something for him and not the girls. I used the fabric I purchased in my recent haul. I used the pattern Geometric Uppercase Alphabet Pattern by Kristy of Quiet Play Designs. If you follow me on Instagram and Twitter, you would know that I recently finished a big paper piecing quilt top. By the time I got to section 26 out of 100, I felt that I had a good read on these type of projects. So, I went into this project excited especially knowing that I was only piecing 3 of the letters and not doing the entire pattern. The excitement soon faded away, quickly! I started with the letter "A," pieced everything, got ready to assemble and realized that, I HAD A BIG PROBLEM! I didn't reverse the pattern. 😔 I started re-sewing the sections only to realized I re-sewed two of the sections AGAIN the exact same way, wrong!. 🤦🏾♀️ After that, I just turned off my machine and went to bed! Next morning, I started again, this time I got it right. Here is the one I made for my son, Aslee:
When it came to the letter "C," I was ready, I knew exactly what to do. This time I did everything in reverse and was happy until I went to put the letter together. WITW (What In The World)?!? This time, it wasn't on me. There where 5 sections, 3 out of the 5 where on the original copy already in reverse. I was starting to get annoyed. 😒 I felt as if I were wasting fabric and Aurifil thread. I fixed the 3 sections and viola, a cute mini was born. Here is the one I made for my daughter, Cameron:
Lastly, for the letter "M," in order to avoid the previously mentioned pitfalls, I did a mock run using only paper. No problems to be found. After this experience, I've concluded that the mock run trials must be done for every letter to prevent waste. 😉 Here is the one I made for our foster daughter, Makahla:
All three will be placed on the longarm together. I finally get to play on Tafari!
Until we chat later, ✌🏾!
This has been a crazy Labor Day week. We had to take cover from tornado threats late last week to pending hurricane Irma this coming week. In the midst of all of this, I received a wee bit of bad news regarding my health, but this too shall pass. All I have to do is (In my Dory voice),"Just keep quilting, just keep quilting!"
Most may already know that my son decided to experience life living in the dorms. He moved in last month and begged me to make something for his wall. Well, I could just make something for him and not the girls. I used the fabric I purchased in my recent haul. I used the pattern Geometric Uppercase Alphabet Pattern by Kristy of Quiet Play Designs. If you follow me on Instagram and Twitter, you would know that I recently finished a big paper piecing quilt top. By the time I got to section 26 out of 100, I felt that I had a good read on these type of projects. So, I went into this project excited especially knowing that I was only piecing 3 of the letters and not doing the entire pattern. The excitement soon faded away, quickly! I started with the letter "A," pieced everything, got ready to assemble and realized that, I HAD A BIG PROBLEM! I didn't reverse the pattern. 😔 I started re-sewing the sections only to realized I re-sewed two of the sections AGAIN the exact same way, wrong!. 🤦🏾♀️ After that, I just turned off my machine and went to bed! Next morning, I started again, this time I got it right. Here is the one I made for my son, Aslee:
When it came to the letter "C," I was ready, I knew exactly what to do. This time I did everything in reverse and was happy until I went to put the letter together. WITW (What In The World)?!? This time, it wasn't on me. There where 5 sections, 3 out of the 5 where on the original copy already in reverse. I was starting to get annoyed. 😒 I felt as if I were wasting fabric and Aurifil thread. I fixed the 3 sections and viola, a cute mini was born. Here is the one I made for my daughter, Cameron:
Lastly, for the letter "M," in order to avoid the previously mentioned pitfalls, I did a mock run using only paper. No problems to be found. After this experience, I've concluded that the mock run trials must be done for every letter to prevent waste. 😉 Here is the one I made for our foster daughter, Makahla:
All three will be placed on the longarm together. I finally get to play on Tafari!
Until we chat later, ✌🏾!
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