Of course, only at the end did I notice the error, but never mind, Gabby will just have to live with it, and it certainly doesn't make it any less warm!
Considering I only had a black and white design which I printed from t'internet, I did better than I expected! Light and dark were my only clues to how it was meant to look. Haven't a clue what to call it - only a basic name like "Stepping up" comes to mind.
Of course, I had help whilst doing the binding . . . with yowls every time I tried to move the quilt to get on to the next bit. The machine quilting was done by our Patchwork teacher Alex, so MANY thanks to her (something is going to be baked as a thank you . . .)
I couldn't even put it down on a chair back without Pippi deciding I had done this for her benefit . . .
Well, the car has gone down the road for an oil change and to have the glow plugs checked - I said as it had started every time since that little blip, perhaps they could just check the plugs as I didn't think it needed them . . . Legs aching now after the several hills walked home - walking back in is a bit less of a grind, just one big hill.
More of Tam's washing done - big stuff dry, so now it's Rosie's clothes. She has found some lovely little things in the Aberystwyth charity shops.
Gabby popped in yesterday on her way back from a night away in an Air BnB in Church Stretton, and if I thought my legs tired today, they did a 10 mile walk climbing the Long Mynd, and Gabby's legs still felt like chewed string! It was good to see her and I took advantage and got her to lug my Fair boxes away for me.
Today I am just having a tidy up - books and magazines everywhere - and an easy day. Sewing this evening is back to Peter Rabbit again.
Tea tonight is another helping of the tasteless Chilli I made last night, so I will have to liven it up a bit I think. I cooked up two portions of brown rice, so just need to do green beans and broccoli to go with it.
I read somewhere most quilters add an error as God is the only one for perfection.
ReplyDeleteI've never needed to make a deliberate mistake!!!
DeleteI agree with Poppy Patchwork and it looks wonderfully warm and beautiful anyway.
ReplyDeleteYears and years ago I read a series of crime books where each one was the title of a patchwork quilting design but that doesn't help with a name for yours!
Well, at the end of the day it's "Gabby's quilt" and she loves it.
DeleteWell it’s a lot better than I could’ve done! And it’s lovely.😁
ReplyDeleteI started on it when Keith was so ill, and did a lot of unpicking as my powers of concentration weren't good then. Glad you like it.
DeleteSome years ago i sent a quilt top off to the longarm quilter and only when it was done did I notice a block that was a half turn off in the design. Really exasperating! I marked the quilting pattern on the backing, then carefully picked out the block, reset it and stitched in place by hand. I was able to hand quilt the pattern by following what I had traced on the back. It is noticeable if you know where to locate the repair.
ReplyDeleteIts something about my inability to mentally reverse an image [I think] a continual handicap when I'm laying out the units of a block or the final arrangement of blocks.
Dear little cats--they only want to be close and offer assistance!
Oh goodness, I have no patience to unpick and start again with that. We will say it adds to the story . . .
DeleteAs for the Dear Little Cat! What a pest that one is, bless her :) I folded the quilt up neatly and put it in Tam's bedroom, out of reach of cats, then found that Lulu had shot in behind me and was under the bed. When I went back in later, she was on G's quilt (HER turn) and Pippi on the pile of clean towels . . .
The Amish always leave a deliberate error on every quilt they make. Only God can make perfection. I think the name of the pattern you've got there is Rail Fence.
ReplyDeleteI think it was just called a ZigZag quilt on the pattern (now recycled). I can never attain perfection, so no worry about me having to make a deliberate error :)
DeleteThe quilt is beautiful, needed a tiny error so everyone could tell it was handmade.
ReplyDeleteOh bless you. I did machine the blocks, but it was sewn with love (and imperfections!)
DeleteLike the Amish I always have one error in anything I make. Love the quilt, it is stunning.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Their work is still so good and I imagine even perfections hard to find.
DeleteI had to really look to spot the 'mistake'. And it shows that its homemade with love. I've had a lovely day out with friends to celebrate my birthday. The others pay for the birthday girl. We've known each other for 60+ years and they were our bridesmaids many moons ago. Hope the car got sorted. Hugs Xx
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a lovely birthday celebration with your lifelong friends. Car sorted and £70 less than I expected it to cost too. I am fancying Gwydir Castle for my birthday treat.
DeleteIt's a very striking quilt, and obviously pussycat approved which is always a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI loved the colours too, and have some of the jellyroll left over to incorporate in another quilt. Pussycat approval is essential . . .
DeleteI have made quite a few quilts. One is called 'Lovely' just because it is! J in Wiltshire
ReplyDeleteWhat a great name for your quilt! Better than Damnation anyway!!
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is so beautiful. I love how you did the gradation of color, just stunning result. Lovely quilting too. What a great finish.
ReplyDeleteToo bad no one can give you a ride to the car place, that's a lot of hill walking on a cold dark day [or even a cold sunny day]!
I'm glad you like it. The colours in the jellyroll I bought were all graduated so just down to me to put them as I saw fit. Alex did a lovely job with the machine quilting too. I've done 13,000+ steps today, which I am sure has done me the world of good. I was hoping for a lift (next door neighbour even drove past but I had stepped into a farm track and had my coat pulled up and my woolly hat pulled down so not much to recognize me by!
ReplyDeleteToo bad about the ride! You need to get the neighbors' cell numbers.
ReplyDeleteYes lovely quilting. I love how the quilting brings a project to life.
I have a couple of friends who would help, but it's not SO far (took half an hour each way, allowing me to stop on hills when out of puff - asthma). One friend has her busiest work day on a Monday, and I hate asking for help anyway.
DeleteThe quilting has really lifted it.
I love your quilt and the colours are gorgeous. I made a quilt a few years ago and each block was a very large tulip. I have used it and washed it many times and it was only last year that I noticed the leaves on one block were pointing downward instead of upward. I find it fascinating that the brain can gloss over things and read them correctly when they are obviously not.
ReplyDeleteThat lets me off the hook then Lesley! Made me smile that it took years and years for you to notice your misplaced leaves.
DeleteI think that one always sees their mistakes quite clearly. More clearly than anyone else. I am glad that Gabby liked it. The colors are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI checked it over and over and thought the only mistake was one out of sight, near an edge! Equally, I wasn't going to change that around . . .
DeleteOh that is s lovely quilt. If there's a mistake, it's well hidden.
ReplyDeleteThank you Celie.
Delete“And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked”. This is a quote from a letter written by Jane Austen. What a wise woman she was. I bet you felt better after the walk from and back to the garage, looser and lighter in the hips and joints. We have evolved to walk. And the quilt is wonderful, I love the sea blues and greens. You always have me itching to get quilting even though I haven’t made anything but table mats and tiny patchwork lavender cushions since moving. Yesterday afternoon S and I went to Petworth straight after lunch (his best time) and after walking around the pleasure grounds (snowdrops and witch hazel and lonicera fragrantissima/winter-flowering honeysuckle all in flower) we decided to get out of the icy cold and into the house and stumbled upon an interesting talk by one of the guides on the Molyneux globe which made the afternoon. Home via the town hardware store to buy a container of patio magic. I know you don’t use chemicals in the garden and purportedly I don’t either but this stuff is applied by watering can on a dry day to our Indian sandstone terrace which runs the length of the house and can get slippery after a wet winter and one application a year in the spring keeps it clear of algae and safe to walk on - and that for me with a husband with Parkinson’s is more important. The reason for mentioning it is to ask if a similar product might work on your cobbles? The original product was called “Wet and Forget” and was developed in Australia but nowadays there are many similar products available. So we’ve had our three mugs of tea in bed and S has also had three Dove’s Digestive biscuits which are dangerously addictive and now it is time to make our porridge.Today is a free day and as I didn’t do any of my planned gardening jobs on Sunday as the bright start deteriorated to sleety rain I will try again today. It won’t take long to wheel two sacks of muck to the pergola and dollop it around the roses with a spade. The deep borders at Petworth are being mulched and are looking so good. I really need a nice dry sunny day to turn a compost heap which is as tall as me and get the bottom third onto the pergola beds and the middle third onto the veg beds - maybe this week? Our T is currently in the air and due to land early Wednesday morning at Gatwick and is coming straight to us. Do you think a session of composting and mulching could be just the ticket after sitting on two planes with a seven-hour stopover in Shanghai for 36 hours? And then he can have a nice bath! Have a great day BB. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteThe weather has prevented me walking much at all recently, but as long as it isn't chucking it down sideways or absolutely bitter (which affects my breathing) I should make more of an effort to get out. That was a bit of luck coming upon that talk on the Molyneux globe. Nice to get the grey matter stimulated. It's not algae on the cobbles, it's moss, grass and weeds between them, and moss across the yard chippings too.
DeleteYou drink more tea than me. I am a two cup a day person - one cup (Earl Grey) at breakfast and another at 3 p.m. which is when Keith always had tea (we only drank Earl Grey).
Well done with your start on the garden. I am sure that your dear son would really appreciate stretching his body to help out when he arrives! I have at least LOOKED at mine and decided where to start first. Danny is here Saturday morning so I shall get him to dig a hole for my Cox apple tree!
I think it is lovely. The photo with the cat peeping through sums it all up and how joyful it is.
ReplyDeleteAh that's Pippi! Quilts are for cats, don't you know!
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