u/Ideasplease33

Any idea where I can get some?

With toe beans and a nose to match his quilt. 🥹

Oh my goodness…so many imperfections. But it’s finished, so that makes it perfect, right? 😬 (I used the QAYG method.)

A huge THANK YOU hug to all of you who helped me through the endless snags since I started it June 1. 🫂 I couldn’t have persevered without you.

EDIT: Because of the angle of the photo, it looks much taller than it is wide; it's actually approximately 74" x 74".

This is my second-ever quilt.

In theory, I just finished it. (I used the QAYG method, so it’s all quilted, bordered, bound…everything is finished). BUT….

There’s a huge excess of fabric on the back side of my binding. (I sewed it to the front and flipped it to the back for the final step.) I knew there would be some, but this looks AWFUL! I can’t have that flap loose like that. How annoying.

Unfortunately, these arthritic hands of mine would complain mightily if I were to try to hand-stitch it down (even if I knew how), so I’m going to have to machine-sew it.

My dilemma is that I still have difficulty sewing a nice straight line, so although I’d LIKE to be able to sew it from the back so I can be sure I’m getting as close to that edge as possible, I’m horrified just thinking of how wonky it will look on the front.

Yes, I have thread to match both (I just sewed the binding on with two different threads), but still…it will be SO noticeable on the front.

I know it’s too late to do anything about it now; I guess I’m just looking for a little sympathy. ❤️‍🩹

I have a quilt that’s roughly 88” x 88” and I need to sew two seams all around the binding, so I’ll be going around it twice.

I had to order the thread online, and now that it’s here I’m surprised at just how teeny the spool is. 😳 Will I have enough? My math tells me I’ll have plenty BUT I’m an English major so I always second-guess the math part. (In fact, I thought I had roughly 50” more fabric on my binding strip than I needed but I ended up having only about 8” too much.) So allowing me to borrow your brain power for a sec will be very much appreciated.

Any idea why?? It’s a Brother CS 5055.

Obviously, seam guides are useless.

This is only my second quilt.

I was simply sewing a straight line with my stitch length set at 2.5 (as you can see at the top of the picture, it looks fine) quilting the border, batting, and backing together when suddenly the stitches got REALLY small and close together. I didn’t notice it until it BACKSTITCHED (back and to the right side of the stitch line) as I was sewing along.

Of course, as I was picking out the stitches I ripped the fabric, so now I have to figure out how to repair that hole once I get the rest of the stitches out. How the heck do you pick out such tight stitching without tearing the fabric??

My little ginger baby comfy on the first quilt I ever made. 🥹😻

This is the backing on my first quilt.

I just dropped the salt shaker, cracking the top, and I can’t find them anywhere.

They weren’t expensive, but they go so well with my décor.