I wanted to be sure and let you guys know that I did indeed finish the T-shirt quilt I had started for my son before Christmas. I went all gangsta and put my nose to the feed dogs until that baby was done. What a huge sense of accomplishment I had when I snipped those last threads, not to mention a giant heaping side dish of relief! WHEW. Aside from a few beginner mistakes it turned out fantastic. I’m so happy I went with the red bias tape around the edge. I was a little nervous about that choice but in the end I think it’s what makes it pop! Bam. And I don’t mean to brag here but look closely at those mitered corners and I dare you – I JUST DARE YOU – to try and find my invisible join. All it took was watching a dozen You-Tube channels, one meltdown with tears and seventeen attempts at the four corners. So not bad really.
One of the struggles I had was that I somehow didn’t buy enough flannel for the backside. Duh. Perhaps next time I should try that thing called measuring. But as you can see I plunked in strips of skull fabric at the top and bottom (on both the front and back) and now it actually fits a twin bed properly. I really like the skull print on the front and it’s OK on the back next to the hounds tooth print. I would have never picked those two together but hey, live and learn! I love how my embroidered personalized label came out.
January – we shared a round-up of all the memes from 2013
February – I decided it was time to sew my first quilt (and use denim I had carted around the world for years)
March – Couldn’t get a thing done without a mass clean up (including curtains and chair upholstery)
April – Overwhelm ensued when it came to color combos
May – I played with the denim quilt layout options
June – Suddenly it occurred to me I had to choose a fabric for the backside
July – I learned the hard way that my cuddly fabric was like sewing water (that laugh is courtesy of Wendy!)
August – Snipped my rag quilt until my fingers fell off (Good times)
September – Celebrated National Sewing Month (I shared some work I sewed on paper)
October – Sewed up a bunch of pillows, everything went wrong of course (these were dark times)
November – Switched gears into T-shirt quilt mode
December – Sewed a quilt under holiday pressure
What a year! I can’t thank you enough for all the help, tips and encouragement along the way. Maybe next year I’ll get him to hold his present right-side up! What was your biggest accomplishment from 2014? What do you have in store for yourselves in the coming year? I love comments more than I love chocolate so please chime in.
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