Tuesday 18 August 2015

Rescue operation ....

... Remember the other day I had a little bit of a problem when I was quilting and found that I had rather less backing than top? You can read it here if you are interested. Well, today I mounted a rescue operation.

First I made some flying geese, then I cut up the rest of the pieces into strips and sewed everything together into three rows,










then I sewed the resulting piece to the end of the backing











and this is what the back looks like now. Pheww.

15 comments:

  1. Very clever! I love the fabrics that you used and I LOVE your pieced backing :)

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  2. Genius! This is the most wonderful thing I've seen today. I've just finished prepping the backs for 2 quilts - ugh! Not my favorite part of the process, for sure. You are just so clever!! ��

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  3. Love It! There are no mistakes in quilting...just design opportunities!

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  4. Looking good! Great rescue.

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  5. Well done, clever girl. I've a small quilt that you've given me an idea for backing now, as I'm juggling putting bits together for it. Thanks and can't wait to see your finished product, both back and front. Take care.

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  6. Lovely! I really like pieced backings for quilts. Great use of fabric x

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  7. Love a pieced back and this adds such fun to it.

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  8. Very pretty. I love pieced backings for quilts. Long arm quilters do not love all the extra seams though.

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  9. This has worked so well Sue, I have at least 3 quilts waiting for backing but not sure about working out how to do it wide enough, maybe buy some quilt covers and take them apart is easiest

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  10. A little extra work, but I LOVE pieced backings, You will be very happy with the results!

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  11. I love a pieced backing like you have done. I have done that several times.

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  12. I love errors - or adjustments - or revisions. Whatever they are called, makes the quilts even more beautiful. And good for the brain cells too!

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  13. I like pieced backings too and I really like how you solved your problem. The back is so much more interesting now.

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  14. Looks like it was meant to be. Great job

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