Friday, 27 February 2015

Soy Amado No. 57

The sun is shining and spring could well be in the air.

No. 57 gave me problems.

I sewed a row no problem.

Then a sewed another row.

And then I realised the person who provided the blocks for the second row had made them 12" and not 12 1/2" which left me with two rows to sew together which were clearly not going to meet where they should.

I contemplated undoing the first row and scaling the blocks down to 12" but I couldn't face that so I'm afraid I resorted to brutally cutting off the excess either end and to be honest, the quilt is none the wiser for it.

And while I was huffing and puffing that conundrum and cutting all the other blocks in this quilt down to 12",  I inadvertently sewed two blocks with the same colour next to each other and then one completely back to front which offends my colour placement aesthetics but I have got over it.



And the back with the one random rogue front block.


Now usually I would take the quilt for an outing for you but Dog Walking Friend and I decided to go incognito without the quilt and instead here are some lovely spring pictures for you sans aforementioned quilt.





There's 26 more of these here and they're all different and rather nice too.


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18 comments:

  1. Leanne27 February 2015 at 13:38

    It is so beautiful on your island. The quilt looks great, despite the issues.

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  2. Leila27 February 2015 at 14:41

    Nope, I don't think I would even have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. Some kid is going to love it.
    Feeling jealous of your daffodils! -12F here today.

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  3. Karen27 February 2015 at 21:17

    All these quilts are just so charming. They just say "I love cuddles". I personally think the having the block the wrong way around is quirky and playful. I think a child will love that.

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  4. Quiltdivajulie27 February 2015 at 21:36

    Oh I love the quilt - AND the hot pink shoes!

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  5. eva28 February 2015 at 03:29

    Good Save!!!! & Great Job!!!
    xo
    eva

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  6. QuiltCandy28 February 2015 at 14:24

    You would never know about those issues! It will be loved and cherished by someone less fortunate than us, that's all that matters. Wow you have a lot of daffodils in Guernsey! Ours are just starting to emerge. Now where's that sunshine of yesterday gone?!

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  7. Claire28 February 2015 at 16:07

    I had thought it a different block, the one reversed. Second row down, second one in--such a blended design it fooled me. Also that the backing fabric was such an active print. I had to go back and study it after I saw the back. :-)

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  8. Kathy@KayakQuilting28 February 2015 at 19:59

    Thank you, thank you for the beautiful spring pictures! Just what this frozen New Englander needs right now. I don't think we will ever see spring here! And bravo on another finish! Those little kids are going to love this regardless of match blocks, etc.!

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  9. Sarah28 February 2015 at 20:10

    You are still doing great stuff with these quilts. Great job in spite of the hurdles.

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  10. Galveston Gal28 February 2015 at 22:07

    Your talent is a blessing.
    Your Spring time is enviable.
    Your tenacity and stick-tui-tive-ness is an inspiration to us to keep being faithful to our own charity commitments ! ! !
    Thank you for sharing ! ! !

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  11. Megan1 March 2015 at 07:01

    I think the hot pink shoes off set the quilt very nicely :-) Love your spring photos - that blue sky looks so clear!

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  12. Betty2 March 2015 at 09:47

    And that's how to solve a problem: quick and without further ado!
    Well done. Another beautiful quilt!

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  13. Bec2 March 2015 at 15:19

    I love that you share every problem and solution - so we know it can happen to any of us! I also love that one of my blocks ended up back-to-front - it makes it unique!!! Thank you for allowing us to share in this project :)

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  14. Archie The Wonder Dog2 March 2015 at 20:08

    I love this quilt, despite the size issues!

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  15. liz2 March 2015 at 20:45

    I love that you are still creating the Soy Amado quilts Alison! Thank you! I still have a large stack of unquilted blocks ready for quilting. Life is too full right now to get to them, but if you still want them when I'm ready I will def. finish them up and send you another big box from California.

    Where are they newest ones going to be headed??/

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  16. Jo Jo4 March 2015 at 07:27

    Nice match shoes ;) I had to really look to see what you were talking about it - you'd never realise anything was wrong! Lovely quilt x

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  17. Jo Robertson (thejoyofthehousetomyself)5 March 2015 at 21:50

    Nice job even with the hacking and huffing! And your daffs are out already....not quite here in Devon.

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  18. Linda25 March 2015 at 07:25

    Glad you so,bed your problem with the mismatched block sizes. The finished quilt is lovely and bright and will be well loved. The daffodils are super.

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