Last Sunday I pulled out this top that has been languishing in the pile of UFO’s for some time. If you want to see how this started click on the link below.
http://susannasquilts.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/friendship-medallion-quilt.html
I am embarrassed to see the date on this!
I laid it out on the floor and realised straight away, why it had been put to one side. It wasn’t laying flat, which means my seams were out somewhat, and in a medallion quilt this just doesn’t work.
At first I thought …ah it’ll quilt out, but it really bugged me to the point that I had to undo and resew!
Unfortunately I could see the problem was at least 3 borders back!!
This wasn’t the worst of it, but it was the only photo I took. So, I undid it back to the black border!
![IMG_1630 IMG_1630](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9Gt1FNMoxu8/V0zIpyoOQfI/AAAAAAAAXbY/8kZ0Yl5Pf5s/IMG_1630_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800)
So, undo it I did!![IMG_1633 IMG_1633](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i5pMOlQ6d3c/V0zIsco54qI/AAAAAAAAXbg/VNledUaOOxQ/IMG_1633_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
![IMG_1634 IMG_1634](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VGExcRtRn0M/V0zIvBmh1fI/AAAAAAAAXbo/LYvZkxLYSIs/IMG_1634_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
![IMG_1635 IMG_1635](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A1juFEX4T-g/V0zIxKFNdrI/AAAAAAAAXbw/y-lOFD_4-Is/IMG_1635_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800)
After 5 days of unpicking, and remeasuring and resewing I am up to here….which is where I was before I started.
![P1020101 P1020101](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HFIZRJr7CmQ/V0zIy3QxgtI/AAAAAAAAXb4/Je_Xh9p1dLY/P1020101_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800)
![IMG_1640 IMG_1640](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRamEUjrm_4qoA1rAf-dRjG87UOCbZKs68PjHX2AIHoE0fIrD3YQ8RIhPRvlTa2mfagHSOw_ENhR8ftDaOtTPHN6NRZ3do7wyqqM-mMkUDWI86g-jA1ROM5B8AC6EfFBpAcqQV5Ndp7lv/?imgmax=800)
![IMG_1642 IMG_1642](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WDA2yAFjEMk/V0zI1SzYd4I/AAAAAAAAXcA/D6-AsyRnpDw/IMG_1642_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800)
In doing this exercise I realised what the problem was…..2 different sewing machines, plus me doing a scant 1/4”seam instead of a regular 1/4”seam. Most of my seams were about 1/16th of an inch too small, and on a border like the zigzag border that had 19 seams per row, that made a difference of over 1”.
On any quilt this wouldn’t have been a problem with me sewing the whole quilt, but a Medallion quilt each border has to fit!!
Now to measure and fit the last 2 borders.
All done, but I could only manage to photograph 1/4 of the quilt as its quite large, and after laying it on the floor ( we had to shift a blanket box to get enough room) to measure and remeasure every seam and ending up with threads for Africa all over the carpet, I wasn’t going through all that again!
DH was very good and didn’t comment once about all the threads that were on the floor for about 5 days, but once I’d vacumned ( my most DISliked job) I decided 1/4 of the quilt was enough to show! Haha!
![20160531_103225 20160531_103225](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdgSaJ5oemNzb47_MXyLA_fWfKDop5Xk35LgOM6tDWM-T9TeBIKNGXuRhfIqWVKANThvhRrwnBdyTmcZ3jWUER_M87Xhqx41eCg-MB53rdc4ItACpKzSW_IsP0adzJHDcxOdmNeq88UDu/?imgmax=800)
![20160531_103331 20160531_103331](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O9MKyYXB1-s/V0zMaqm45HI/AAAAAAAAXck/CS1cF3pmNYE/20160531_103331_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
She's now off to my long arm quilter to be basted, so I can practise my domestic machine quilting on this quilt. Wish me luck. :-)
Thanks for dropping by
![My signature 3DB53C2AE8E4EAFAC737E65CFF71863F My signature 3DB53C2AE8E4EAFAC737E65CFF71863F](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGRBu3qT7alGnUxNSgnmGJxuYbbi9lPCm3JU1X_Y8nIGAi5O1SuB3RYp6bYjwboAtoYjkC6AMSGmV9NtbwQHvea-weOGMMZFSGPAZWLaMcscptlF-HkAEA3fQb2fKLqfSKVrOk6CKf1yA/?imgmax=800)
http://susannasquilts.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/friendship-medallion-quilt.html
I am embarrassed to see the date on this!
I laid it out on the floor and realised straight away, why it had been put to one side. It wasn’t laying flat, which means my seams were out somewhat, and in a medallion quilt this just doesn’t work.
At first I thought …ah it’ll quilt out, but it really bugged me to the point that I had to undo and resew!
Unfortunately I could see the problem was at least 3 borders back!!
This wasn’t the worst of it, but it was the only photo I took. So, I undid it back to the black border!
![IMG_1630 IMG_1630](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9Gt1FNMoxu8/V0zIpyoOQfI/AAAAAAAAXbY/8kZ0Yl5Pf5s/IMG_1630_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800)
So, undo it I did!
![IMG_1633 IMG_1633](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i5pMOlQ6d3c/V0zIsco54qI/AAAAAAAAXbg/VNledUaOOxQ/IMG_1633_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
![IMG_1634 IMG_1634](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VGExcRtRn0M/V0zIvBmh1fI/AAAAAAAAXbo/LYvZkxLYSIs/IMG_1634_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
![IMG_1635 IMG_1635](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A1juFEX4T-g/V0zIxKFNdrI/AAAAAAAAXbw/y-lOFD_4-Is/IMG_1635_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800)
After 5 days of unpicking, and remeasuring and resewing I am up to here….which is where I was before I started.
![P1020101 P1020101](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HFIZRJr7CmQ/V0zIy3QxgtI/AAAAAAAAXb4/Je_Xh9p1dLY/P1020101_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800)
![IMG_1642 IMG_1642](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WDA2yAFjEMk/V0zI1SzYd4I/AAAAAAAAXcA/D6-AsyRnpDw/IMG_1642_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800)
In doing this exercise I realised what the problem was…..2 different sewing machines, plus me doing a scant 1/4”seam instead of a regular 1/4”seam. Most of my seams were about 1/16th of an inch too small, and on a border like the zigzag border that had 19 seams per row, that made a difference of over 1”.
On any quilt this wouldn’t have been a problem with me sewing the whole quilt, but a Medallion quilt each border has to fit!!
Now to measure and fit the last 2 borders.
All done, but I could only manage to photograph 1/4 of the quilt as its quite large, and after laying it on the floor ( we had to shift a blanket box to get enough room) to measure and remeasure every seam and ending up with threads for Africa all over the carpet, I wasn’t going through all that again!
DH was very good and didn’t comment once about all the threads that were on the floor for about 5 days, but once I’d vacumned ( my most DISliked job) I decided 1/4 of the quilt was enough to show! Haha!
![20160531_103331 20160531_103331](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O9MKyYXB1-s/V0zMaqm45HI/AAAAAAAAXck/CS1cF3pmNYE/20160531_103331_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
She's now off to my long arm quilter to be basted, so I can practise my domestic machine quilting on this quilt. Wish me luck. :-)
Thanks for dropping by