Dots Anyone?

Hi there!

As some of you might know, I've started doing a 2nd Dear Jane. This one, I'm using Polka Dots... of all sizes and colors!

Polka Dots make me smile!

Well, as I was making these two, Gilbert was working on quilting my first DJ... and I just happened to walk into the room and which block did I see? The very same one that I had just finished!!!!

*VBG*



M-10 = Simple Simon

And M-9 = Fan Dance!

Believe it or not, I had used a brownish polka dot one on my first Dear Jane!!!!

Remember that baby quilt, that I was working on ... what was it? Last summer? This past winter? I can't remember but I DO remember that once all the circles were appliqué, I realized that it maybe wasn't the smartest thing to do - use "Heat 'n Bond" on these circles...

Four thicknesses of "Heat 'n Bond" makes for a GREAT frisbee! LOL

Then, did I stop there?!??!

OH NO... of COURSE NOT!

I then went and made a sandwich with Minkee fabric, for the backing and MACHINE QUILTED this quilt! Was I finished there?!?!? Oh NO, NO, NO...!!!

I decided to machine quilt this in a cross hatching style, at ever inch! To see if, once washed, the Heat 'n Bond frisbees would soften up!

And it was only when I got towards the VERY END, that I mentioned this to my friend Frummie and she said, "Oh no, dear! Heat 'n Bond will NEVER soften up!"

*long groan*

By then, with the minkee underneath, and the frisbees (AKA the pancakes), my sewing machine created a LOT of little bird's nests, underneath....

Did I finally stop there?!??!

No - the nightmare continues...

I decided to rip out those nest eggs sections and re-sew over those parts.... but it only created more nest eggs!

Gilbert says, "Well, since we now have Bertha, why don't you let me quilt it?"

Which, in theory, sounded like a great idea, but then, I had finished quilting this polka dot quilt, and by now, I was calling it the Quilt from Hell, and to do a proper job, it had to be COMPLETELY taken apart!!!!

Soooo, Gilbert and I started taking this quilt sandwich apart.... seam by seam, until I got fed up and said, "Listen, it really doesn't matter HOW nice of a job you do with the quilting on the Quilt from Hell - it's STILL going be round, hard, cardboardish pancakes!"

Soooo, at THAT point, Gilbert says, "Hmmmm.... if you really don't want it, I'll cover up one of the tiles in the quilting room with it! It'll add some color."

Okaaaaay.... once again, it sounded like a great idea 'cept we still had to rip those darn seams, ANYHOW!!!

Well, here's a picture of it FINALLY released from it's quilt sandwich and Gilbert has it glued on the ceiling!

Yup... it looks nice but when I think of ALL the work that went into MAKING it and then TAKING IT APART....

I just "sigh", every time I see it!

LOL

Just beware....

Heat 'n Bond works great for fabric postcards - not so great for a baby quilt!

Rosa