Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Wednesday wanderings

Today I started the next block on the Underground Rail Road Sampler - Bow Tie...


and all was good until I had to trim them with a 6 and a half inch triangle square up ruler! Oh boy!!! I tried all the rulers I have looking for horizontal lines and diagonal lines - now I am confused so think I will ask at group tonight....the instructions said not to iron the blocks flat, so I didn't, now when I have a peek some of them are not meeting up correctly in the centre...honestly I told them to lie flat and behave!!! So some unsewing will have to happen and then I shall try again!!

I tried to hand sew the strips on the quilt as you go quilt here, boy that was awkward!!! So I thought, well, I will give it a go on the machine and do you know it took me an hour and ten minutes to sew them all down......why didn't I do that straight away I ask myself????? Must be very silly I decided!! Lol!!

So here is the finished quilt, I have managed to get some similar colours together, I think one row is the wrong way around, but hey, it is staying where it is now!! (Sorry Tania, I am quite happy with this now so it is staying here!!)

You get this row of stitching on the back, but as it is on the back I can live with it!!
Off to cook some dinner!
Happy sewing!

6 comments:

  1. Hi Sue you sure have had a busy day,it's was great to chat to you today,lovely work my friend.xx

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  2. It looks great, another wonderful quilt !!

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  3. Lucky for the unpicker!
    Your quilt as you go looks good.

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  4. You manage to beat any obstacle that comes your way. The QAYG looks lovely.

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  5. It looks great Sue! Good luck with your bow ties xx

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  6. Looks great Sue....if you leave it there Tupai may just claim it as a new bed.

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