I worked on another top yesterday. GEEZE the backing was the exact same size as the quilt top. Talk about a PITA! The seams were not pressed nice and flat. You'd think these people would know what a STEAM IRON is used for! I thought it was going to be horrible. But it turned out pretty good. I hope this chick appreciates me and what I've done for her.
Ya know - sometimes you just can't get it across to some people that backings need to be LARGER than your top so I can clip my clamps to it. Sometimes people don't listen to their own words. I swear if I only had a brain! YES this one is MY quilt! and you'd THINK I'd know better. LOL I bet you were all thinking - WOW what a jerk! I'm never sending my quilts to her! I admit - I was in a hurry - I couldn't load up my big project and I wanted to do something of my own. This one is small - I'm going to use it for Christmas. I had a small pc. of backing fab. I could cut and use and it was still too short - so I added the gold from the borders to one end to make it longer..that worked but the width was JUST dead on...I thought - well if I had to I'll cut the border down...but I'm mean DEAD ON! I really didn't have to trim anything on the one side!
So rest assured I'll never talk about a customer quilt like this...but I DID Learn what happens when your backing isn't 6" larger than the top....Lesson Learned...
2 comments:
You are so funny! I recognized the quilt right away as one I saw you working on at retreat so I was able to smile through the whole post. Cute! (Now don't don't that again!)
Shirley you crack me up!!
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