Selfmade accident or how one quilt top became 4
pillows
I had made this plussquilt top. I was really
satisfied and wanted to put it om my
guestbed as quickly as possible. I found my big wool batting,that I’ve saved
for years, and backing and started to do
the classical mistakes. The wool batting was really big, made for a really big
double bed. I read the size quickly and found that it was more than enough for
at least two quilts. I measured out what I needed with just unpacking it in one
end and holding it up against the quilt top’s with,and cut the batting.
When I put it on my table against the top it was so
accurate that I had to pin it in the corners. Here I should have stopped but I spraybasted
on my backing too. It wasn’t more than a
few cm too wide around the quilt top’s sides. My box with spraybasting was not too full, so it could have been better
basted, but I started quilting.
I made seams to and fro on the with. Simple paralell lines with one cm between each line.
I drove really fast on my pedal, the
music on my radio was high and I enjoyed life! The first half went really well!
BUT then I discovered that something was happening .
My quiltbacking and bat started to move , the with of the top went smaller, and
the outer border went smaller as the bat
moved and the backing got bumps on the back.
I was so disappointed that I threw the hole work in a
big black gabbage bag and left my machine . I was going to throw it away.
My black
plastic bag was on my floor for a couple of days before I came to my senses. I
couldn’t save it as a quilt top, but I made four pillows.
And I have made a new quilt top. I havent’t quilted it
yet. I have to buy a big batting first and a new batting fabric that is more
than big enough, and a new box of spray basting
The rest of the woolbatting I had, I used for another quilt and it was so big that I had to cut away some after
I had quilted it!
What I have learned? Don’t do anything in a haste, and
use extra with on batting and backing!
