Finished it
I ran into a few snags - what quilt would be complete without them? I spent a long while at the UPS Store nearest me...the guys who work there are about 25 years old maybe - they're awesome - helpful and informed. One of them dedicated himself to my project - reducing photos and making color copies for 30 minutes until I had a nice stack to work with. I cut pictures apart and laid them out allowing for seam allowances and copied them onto my EQ Premium Cotton Satin Inkjet Fabric Sheet and it was a disaster. The photos were barely recognizable - all washed out. I freaked. Then I paid attention: the package said, "INKJET" . So I came home and ran another sheet and it was fine, except my printer was dying and there were white lines everywhere...so I ran to Staples and got a new printer. It's much faster and the colors are great, so I'm pleased. The only other snag was not having enough pictures of the bride - so I had to wait several days for more to be mailed. But, I finished it and mailed it to Kathy Barlow to be quilted.
I wish I'd done the bride's pictures in dark blue instead of yellow, to match the waves, but hindsight is 20/20.
New yesterday! Heather Bailey's new line, Pop Garden, arrived - brighter than I'd expected and very happy. I also ordered the "go with" line, Bijou, and am anxiously awaiting it.
Very Cool! What a lot of work!!! I'll bet the bride will love it.
Posted by: Thimbleanna | July 29, 2008 at 10:52 AM
That is great! And I can't wait to come get that Heather Bailey Fabric. I already have a skirt, bag and quilt pattern lined up for that fabric.
Posted by: Sarah-Ashley | July 29, 2008 at 01:33 PM
Wow! I'm SO glad you posted a photo of this quilt! You were just telling me (and my young niece) about it on Saturday... Lovely!
Posted by: CMN | July 30, 2008 at 04:04 PM