I had borrowed the book from the library and scanned the pages I needed and when I went to open the scans, the pictures were too small to blow up. I have not idea why. Stinking scanner. I went to borrow the book again and viola... the book had vanished. I had kept it in my holds list just in case... you never know if it would turn up...
Then the Dare to be Square book arrived in my library queue! I was so excited! So I started on the new one - but added in a few of the flowers.
Then the Dare to be Square book arrived in my library queue! I was so excited! So I started on the new one - but added in a few of the flowers.
In the meantime I had started to make her a different quilt. My first attempt resulted in what I consider to be the ugliest quilt I have ever made - EVER. I could not give that to her... The I began a modern dresden flower quilt instead. That was working out well enough... By this time it was June.
Then the Dare to be Square book arrived in my library queue! I was so excited! So I started on the new one - but added in a few of the flowers.
In the meantime I had started to make her a different quilt. My first attempt resulted in what I consider to be the ugliest quilt I have ever made - EVER. I could not give that to her... The I began a modern dresden flower quilt instead. That was working out well enough... By this time it was June.
Then the Dare to be Square book arrived in my library queue! I was so excited! So I started on the new one - but added in a few of the flowers.
I found this awesome fabric at Hancock Fabrics online.... fortunately I was able to score it in one of my local stores. I bought a few yards of it and only ended up using 1 yard.. I've got a lot of happy dachshund fabric left to do something else with....
Then this past Black Friday, after a long day of fun shopping with friends, I come home to be told that my youngest was invited to this little girl's first birthday party. Wow. I knew I needed to finish that quilt... and I did.
To make this long story a little shorter.... I started quilting on my new sit down Tin Lizzie. I had lots of headaches with skipped stitches... After hours of online research (my rep had not emailed or called me back) I discovered the possible culprit - the hopping foot was too high. I lowered it and it worked superbly.. but the quilt wasn't gliding much. It was a chore to move it around... so I raised it a little bit and then the machine just froze on me. I was happy that it stopped in the very corner of the quilt. I didn't know what to do. My rep finally emailed me back and told me to turn the handwheel as if I were angry at it. That worked and now it is moving freely... but of course that email came after I cut the quilt off the machine and finished it on my Juki which was not pleasant either. I think I need to do something to the hopping foot to make it not as high. It was a chore to move that quilt around as well... but I finished it... then bound it.
I used the washable school glue approach to binding. It came out fabulous! I will never pin binding again - ever.
Anyway. That is the story of the modern dachshund quilt. :)