After holidays, visitors, remodeling, and then sickness, I am finally back to quilting and blogging about my quilts.
I started a quilt many moons ago, experimenting with a fabric I liked. Had no idea who to give it to, but I figured it'd find a home eventually.
So, I put a back, some batting and the quilt top together, and then "birthed" it. Sewed all around the edges while it was wrong sides together, left a small hole and turned it right side out. Then I set it aside. Unfortunately, I set it on the bed...and the dog loved it. He came in and laid on it with muddy paws after he'd been for a swim in the neighbor's pond.
Well, I washed it. And because it wasn't quilted, the batting shredded, and the quilt back, which was 100% cotton muslin, shrank. Even though I washed both it and the quilt fabrics BEFORE i made the quilt.
I put it aside for a while, knowing I'd have to remove every stitch. A special birthday is coming up, and I realized this quilt would be perfect for the birthday girl!
So, I took every stitch out...and today, I will be putting it back together as a quilt with a new back. I'll post photos when I am done.
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