Remember this post? Well, I HAVE been working on the postcard quilt, and slow progress is being made. However, I can't tell you how many times I've had to tear out and re-do parts. Part of my problem is that I converted the template cutting to rotary cutting, and that left me with a lot of bias edges. I thought I had fixed the problem, but as I started to move forward, I am ending up with wavy edges again.
For the time being it has been put on the shelf. Not for long I hope, but I needed a break.
I needed something easy, and mindless, and happy to work on for a quick minute.
Since it is Autumn (my favorite time of year), I thought it was high time I made another quilt to decorate my home this time of year. I decided to make a jumbo bowtie quilt (tutorial here by Katy Jones) with some fat quarters from my stash, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
The background was a great purple and black print from the late 90s that my grandmother gave me. I love using up large pieces of fabric. It makes me feel like I've accomplished something. PLUS, I didn't have to buy any fabric for the front OR the back on this one, so I'm feeling great about using what I already have. The colors in these pictures aren't quite right. The oranges are much deeper, and that one green polka dot is not nearly that yellow in person.
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I hope everyone has a great week! I have more projects in the works already that I'm getting excited to share! :)
Cristina
The Quilted Mitten