BOMs Away - Flimsy Alert! ~ Kelly's Strolling the Block

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Well, I got further today than I thought I would! I did the embellishment for Kelly's December block on her "Strolling the Block" quilt.

 

 

Put some fuzzy fleece on Santa's boots,

 

 

 

snowflakes hanging in the windows,

 

 

 

wreath on the door,

 

 

 

Some paper chains on the tree,

 

 

 

and a few gifts here and there.

 

 

Then I remembered to give the poor turkey on the November block some feet and eyes.  :)

 

 

 

At that point, everyone else in the family was busy doing their own things, so I got out the seam ripper and took off the borders.

 

 

 

Kelly had used the cheater method of just cutting the width you want for the border, then taking it all straight to the machine and sewing it to the quilt center, then trimming off the excess border length. But that's a really bad method to use sometimes - particularly when the fabric you're attaching to has a lot of give. You end up with problems like these waves.

 

 

Once I had the borders off and pressed flat again, I measured the quilt and had to cut off an average of 4 inches from each border piece! Got them back on, and now it all lies nice and flat:

 

 

 

Yep - I'm super happy to have an unexpected flimsy finish!!

 

 

 

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Have you done any work on your BOMs recently?