When I was quilting my Silly Goose quilt, I really got into the free motion groove.
Then I turned it over to look at the back and, I’m sure you’ve never done this, but… a picture is worth a thousand words.
I’d been meaning to move that scrap pile farther from the machine, but I hadn’t, so that scrap mocked me and crawled under the quilt in a densely quilted area, dead center in the quilt back. There was too much spiraling to want to remove it. Since necessity is the mother of invention – it was time to be inventive.
Are you ready for my solution?
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After all, a quilt does need a label 😀 ! And who says it has to be at the bottom?
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And one more related bit: This past week I had the great pleasure of teaching for the Heritage Quilters Guild of Lockport, IL. I presented my Tradition With a Twist lecture and an all day workshop on Architectural Repliqué. Each time I teach this class I make a block along with the group (click here for more on those blocks). I’ve made over 80 blocks while teaching this class, and I’m getting a little whacky in my fabric choices. Usually I grab whatever fabric is still laying around from a recent project. This time I chose the stack leftover from Silly Goose. Here’s the block:
I just had to add a line of geese flying behind the house. Thanks ladies for a wonderful time with your guild!