TGIFF/Finish It Up Friday - Dr. Seuss Style

Happy Friday the 13th!!  I swear, besides Halloween, today is Hubby's favorite day!

Anywho, on to my big finish... I can't believe it's done!!  After a few "dry" days of not sewing, I thought I would fall behind on this one.  Totally not the case.  Once the "flimsy" was done and I got it all basted and quilted, I couldn't believe how quick it went.  Personally, I think the hand-binding took the longest out of all the steps on this quilt.

And believe me, that wasn't a painless process.  I really am thinking I need to invest in a couple of thimbles... or else I'm going to end up bleeding all over all my quilts!


Without further ado.... Drumroll please......

Words cannot express how excited I am about this finish!  This being my first "real" quit (read: non-rag quilt), it was a nerve-wracking process.  The layout drove me batty for an entire day trying to get it just right, the anxiety over how the heck I was going to baste it without a good place to do it, and then the about near heart attack I had while quilting it on my small, domestic machine.  All enough to land me in the looney bin.  But... I kept plugging along at it, taking it one step at a time.

I did learn a LOT from this quilt though.

1. How to install my walking foot on my machine
2. The importance of proper pressing in the alignment of seams
3. The old saying "slow and steady finishes the race" - take my time and take things slow to prevent having to bust out the seam ripper constantly
4. That I really need to make sure to trim off all the little fly-away strings on the "flimsy" before quilting it.  I can see fly-aways thru the white fabric squares :-(
5. There are no "Quilt Police" that will arrest me if I didn't do things the "proper" way. Lol.

This quilt was made with no recipient in mind.... just to make and to have.  Really, REALLY hoping that there will be a "Baby Rockstar" in our future that will be able to enjoy it.  We'll have to wait and see on that one though.

Unfortunately, my excitement over starting my Jolly Jelly Roll quilt kinda took over this week and I didn't manage to get any knitting done on my pillow.  Hopefully there will be another knitted finish next week, but for now... it's back to the sewing machine for the weekend!

Hope you have a fabulous Friday!



Linking back to Finish It Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts , TGIFF with Jo at Riddle and Whimsy, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Link-A-Finish Friday at Richard & Tanya Quilts