Now I'm in that manic-depressive state of
YAY!! It's done and I'm so proud of it!!!
and
OMG, how could I have made so many mistakes? How will I ever show it to anyone?
I'm constantly pushing my thoughts to the Yay side, but the dark side keeps coming up. How do you all deal with that?
My choice for today is to love my quilt, be proud of my finished product, and give myself some consolation by going to my sewing room and sewing some small squares to prove to myself that I can actually sew straight.
For my label, I took some really old Tshirt transfer paper, created a label in PowerPoint, and ironed it to a piece of muslin. Don't like the feel of the transfer on the muslin, but I have yet to try printing directly to fabric. Don't even know what I should apply to the printed fabric to make the ink permanent. Lots to learn and try.
But mostly, it's love love love my new quilt. It will hang on a wall, either in the foyer (German: Windfang - love that word), or on the staircase. I love the quilting pattern - I put three lines through each square, and none on the seams. It reminds me of the real subway, with the two normal rails, and that dangerous electrified "third rail."
6 comments:
I can not see any mistakes??? And being perfect is sooo boring! Love that label! Sabine
you are allow to be "not totally perfect"
Perfect wouldn't be finished lol
Your quilt is beautiful.
Your quilt looks fabulous! I have cut out most of my squares, but haven't starting sewing yet. The quilting really makes it pop.
Great job on your subway quilt!
I agree totally with Sabine - and you can print onto fabric - You can purchase ink-jet fabric sheets - they conveniently have thick paper stuck to the fabric so it easily goes through your printer - I'm sure you've seen them though! What people make photo memory quilts from! = D Your quilt is gorgeous - Makes me want to put it on my never ending TODO list ; ) Thanks for sharing!
I love this quilt! I think quilts are best when the colors are bold, and stand out to the eye. You can follow what you want to see. This is it! I've been in the Tokyo Subway myself, and yep this pretty much sums it up :)
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