A blog about quilting and using the LEFT-EZE Rule - my HST/QST Ruler designed for LEFT-HANDED Quilters -
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
Almost done with the back -
I actually found some time to SEW today!! - YAY me!! - ;))
I'm trying something different this time - we'll see if it works - ;))
I cut the batting roughly the size of the baby quilt - with a little extra on each side - then I worked up the backing in two columns with several sections in each -
Below is a photo of the two sections on the bottom right side -
the raspberry/purple/pink (depending on the lighting - LOL) is the top layer - shown on the right -
both layers are pinned right sides together - as usual
Stitched it down with my walking foot - just the backing to the batting at this point -
Flipped it open - pressed it all out nice and neat (gotta love that fusible batting) -
And it came out pretty straight considering I had no idea where the plaid lines were because they were UNDER the raspberry/purple/pink fabric as I was sewing -
Layered and pinned the next section - basically working from the bottom to the top on the right side of the backing - left to right in the photo -
Stitched that down -
Flipped it open - and pressed it again - smoothing it all out -
Pinned the next section on -
Stitched - flipped - pressed it open -
When I had the right side stitched down - I took the left side (all the sections had been sewn together so it was one loooong piece) - pinned that down - right sides together - as usual -
Stitched - flipped - pressed it open -
And it doesn't look too bad - but it looks really light and pink in this photo -
The colors are more "true" in this one -
And in this one -
So - next up - is to baste all around the outside edge - to keep the edges tacked down so they don't accidentally get caught up or folded somehow -
THEN -
I'll start playing with the front -
And I'm on to Plan C -
So I'll show you later -
See what you think - ;))
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -
Ah, so neat and tidy. Looks like you had a good plan and enough time to proceed.
ReplyDeleteGo girl. Love it! Anxious to see the quilting.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on "mixing it up" to make the back more fun.
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