Brain Freeze! ETA: It's Finished! Final Pics

[speckledhen]

That was my problem. I had to move a chest of drawers in order to have a place to put mine.

 

[speckledhen]

Thousands of Bolts sent me someone else's fabric! I called and the person is talking to her manager, but they sent me a bunch of novelty and Christmas stuff that obviously belongs to someone else. Some of what I ordered was a one of a kind item, last one they had.

ETA: Spoke to them. The rep had to talk to her supervisor and call me back. They are handling it very well, so I'm pleased. She said to keep the mistake fabric and they would re-send all the ones that they did have and credit my card back for the ones that they unfortunately don't have now, which was one yard of some floral and a fat quarter. They won't charge any shipping (of course, I don't think they should) and will send out my order today. Seems very fair and reasonable of them, don't you think?

Here is the mistake fabric, several fat quarters, a 14" short cut piece with Christmas lights, a yard of blue baby print fabric, a yard of frog print flannel, and 2 yards of gorgeous red fabric with gold stars and tone on tone swirls:

Think I'll keep these two. Can use the frogs on the back of a small baby quilt, maybe:

 

[speckledhen]

All blocks are finished. Sashing must be completed and borders attached. It's looking pretty good, really. The watercolor quilt is about 3/4 finished, too. Been busy!

 

[goldenluver]

I wish mine were that perfect, I just make do with my mistakes these days. looks fantastic!

 

[speckledhen]

Oh, trust me, it isn't perfect, but it's coming together with minimal problems after my initial mistake.

 

[KimberlyJ]

I belong to a knitting group called Stitch-n-grump. We have a story about Hopi Indian Women who purposely put a mistake in their work so it would not be perfect, since only the gods are perfect and the women do not want to "anger" the gods by trying to be too godly. I'm sure I'm not telling the story correctly, but you get the idea. The tiny mistakes are what makes something handmade and all the more valuable. Of course glaring errors just make it stressful and you are better taking it out and redoing...otherwise it irrates the maker forever

 

[speckledhen]

They say the Amish do that. I must be Amish at heart, LOL. I don't have to put in mistakes, they just happen naturally! Some mistakes are better left in because too much messing with the fabric just weakens it in spots. If I can fix it, I do, like when I constructed the blocks in the wrong direction. I just sat watching TV and slowly took those two apart till they were apart enough for me to make the changes. They went together with minimal effort after that, thank goodness.

Do you think an all over design would be best for the quilting or outlining blocks? I'm thinking maybe the outline would be best for this one, make the twirly shapes pop out at you more. Then I can do a border motif on the large black print border. I'll start quilting it as soon as I get the border on Ellie's watercolor one finished. The top should be completely together by tomorrow sometime.

 

[goldenluver]

I think what ever you decide will be fine

 

[speckledhen]

Quilt top is complete. Will begin the quilting after I finish Ellie's and I'm about a day away from beginning the border on hers so it won't be long.

 

[goldenluver]

oh, nice! looking good.