After multiple setbacks, I have finally finished the pink quilt. I had a lot of ripping out to do when I discovered that a section of the quilt was put in upside down and disrupted the pattern. I had to rip out quilting, border, and a big section of the quilt to flip it around. But I am glad I did it (I contemplated leaving it as it was, and I was so upset I couldn't even blog about it!) I was worried that, after all that ripping out and re-sewing, that the quilt wouldn't be flat or square, but it all worked out and went back together perfectly. Whew! While I had everything ripped out, including a large amount of the quilting I had done, I decided to quilt it a little it differently than previously. Instead of going around each block with a stitch-in-the-ditch, I decided to go completely across the whole quilt along the sashings. This worked SO MUCH BETTER and resulted in a much smoother finish. No puckering in the corners! It went together much faster than doing it one square at a time. So that's a good thing that came out of my mistake. I also took some advice from a fellow quilter friend, and did all the quilting before binding it. "Quilt to the edges, THEN bind it." The wide outer border has parallel lines quilted at an angle that matches the star points edges. I really like that effect. The binding went on so easily too, no puckering at all. The easiest binding I ever put on any quilt! I love the feel of the flannel backing, and wish I would be keeping this quilt for myself!
So here it is, in all it's glory, ready for the birthday girl in a week or two!
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Click on each picture for an enlargement. There is a flower design free motion quilted in the center of each block in a pink thread, but it is hard to see in the picture. I also experimented with "Star Points" which I put in the 4 corners of the quilt. A nice touch. I really like this quilt.
