Modified Bear Paws
I got a GO! for Christmas, so to see if the cuts were accurate, I used some "uglies" from my scraps and made a modified version of Bear Paws. (By the way, the cuts are VERY accurate, and I LOVE my new toy!!) This made a very cute baby size quilt. Yes.. it truly is cuter in person than it shows in the photo! LOL!
Junk
Everyone that ever quilted has at least one embarrassing piece of junk.
This one was mine. Or at least, one of my worst! I put this together MANY years
ago.
The original premise was not bad... I would use some orphan blocks etc., in
patriotic colors, add a nice pp center and some border stars, and have a neat
looking vet quilt in the end. Well, I used some really bad fabric I guess,
because it has smudges of red going onto the white areas. I hope those will wash
off, but there's no telling for sure, so it will NOT go out of my house.
Secondly, since I had already decided that the bad red fabric made it junk
anyway, that I would try an accessory that came with the used longarm I bought
around that time. (Note to self.. if the words "how hard can it be?" come out of
your mouth, it will be VERY hard!) So, I quilted circles.... sort of... and
badly! I put that accessory away in a closet after that and haven't touched it
since! What a MESS! The quilt also got tossed away in the closet, and I never
bothered to put binding on it till today. And the only reason it got finished
today, was that John asked if I had a junky quilt that he could have for Sophie
(his little dachshund) since she was always cold. I remembered this quilt, so I
got it out and put the binding on it for her to use. It was so cute... she
immediately burrowed under it and laid down with just her nose peeking out! Made
us all happy, so it was worth it. LOL
I agree with Sophie, I like it.
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