The Unquilted

Sounds like the title of a horror movie, doesn't it?

Believe me, it should be!

Recently, a close friend of the family asked for a quilt for her to give to her daughter as a wedding gift. Perfect! I'd love to do it! I found a pattern I liked in a recent BHG Patchwork & Quilting, collected a pile of very soft blues, tans and chocolate browns and went to work. It was coming out fantastic and I was thrilled up until the blocks were all pieced and then I saw it...

The darned thing would NOT lay flat!! Curse those bloody blocks on point!

After staring at it for days laying on the floor, wishing and hoping that somehow it would settle into quiltable flatness, I finally accepted the truth -- it would have to be undone.


AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!


And so I packed up the quilt and my best friend, the seam ripper and took it along to our weekly visit to Mama's house. Thankfully, my friend the sun was out and the undoing was able to be performed poolside.



After hours of pressing and straightening and squaring, the blocks are now sewn back into rows and I'm about to press them -- AGAIN -- and stitch them all together -- AGAIN.


Cross your fingers and pray that it works. You do NOT want to see "The Unquilted II." The main character actually turns into a zombie and tries to throw herself off the roof in that one.