Friday, November 30, 2012
Silly Worrying
I realized it had been a month since I had quilted anything. It's crazy how time flies. I finally started quilting my Blogger's BOM quilt. I started with Flower Power in the center of the quilt. Well, it's slightly off-center (I realized that fact 3/4 of the way through with the flower), and I was irritated that one side of the flower looked stumpy compared to the rest. It's ridiculous, but last night I went to sleep thinking of the easiest way to fix the one side without tearing the whole thing apart. I woke up determined to fix it, and then reason finally found me. I thought, "For the love, Becky! You're not even keeping this quilt. It's not that big of a deal. Leave it alone!" I mean seriously, is the person going to see the flower and say they don't want the gift because the flower isn't symmetrical?!
Luckily, I saw the Invasion of the Pods post and realized I could easily make my flower the center pod and echo around it. It worked beautifully and it's really hard to even tell which side was shorter than the others. Perfect? No, but I'm happy with the effect. It also takes up the majority of the quilt, so that was really nice as well. It feels good to be quilting again.
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Becky, even after you pointed out the 'problem' l can't see it!! Stop worrying, you quilt top and quilting are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteCan't see the issue either, but know exactly what you are talking about...I did exactly the same (on a smaller scale)and also found that echoing around it disguised some of my uneven petals. I think your flower looks great.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks awesome! You are so brave with your quilting :)
ReplyDeleteI think you did a wonderful job and your quilt looks gorgeous, love the blocks and the bright colors!
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