Sunday, July 31, 2011

Block of the Month from Oregon

After 3 years and countless struggles with this quilt it is all done except for the binding. I bought the pack of patterns on a trip to Oregon. After I got it home, I realized it needed a special ruler, which I decided I could do without, but was wrong. I was 1/4 inch off when it came to putting the row on after the center star was finished. Now that may not seem like a lot, but I wanted to enter this in Machine Quilter's Showcase a year ago in the BOM category. I was frustrated and put it away. Then MQS announced they were going to do a BOM category again this year, so I dug out the quilt and worked out the bug. I was so excited to enter and had it on my machine to quilt a week before the entry deadline when a customer called me an insisted I get her quilt done for an event. This was no pleasant discussion and I finally caved and did her quilt, making me miss my deadline. Back on the shelf it went again. Finally, yesterday I took it back out, loaded it up and finished quilting it. So after 3 years, here it is....TaDa!




8 comments:

  1. What a beautiful job you have done with this quilt! Well worth the time it took...

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ta Da, indeed! It is gorgeous! Job well done!

    ReplyDelete
  3. That is gorgeous. Hopefully there will be another chance to enter it. Can't wait till camp.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love the swirly, feathery quilting you have done on the background. Shame you didn't get it finished in time, and I hope there is another chance to show it.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Oh I"m so glad you got it done! It is wonderful!

    ReplyDelete