Courage!
I pieced the back to my Rouenneries quilt yesterday, and I like it. It’s two large panels of one of my favorite prints in the collection. Between them is a strip of prints in the beige color. I like the way it turned out, and the way it echoes the quilt top a little bit.
I decided to use the little border near the selvage as a miniature border lining the strip of patched browns. I really liked how this turned out.
To save money, I decided I’m going to try and quilt this myself. I laid out the backing, the batting and the quilt top and got it all pinned.
200 pins sounded like a lot when I bought them, but I used every one and could have used more. So it’s all set and ready to go.
I just need courage to try it. I really love this fabric, and I really want it to turn out, but I also know that I’m inexperienced at this and that my machine isn’t really built to quilt something this size. I’m a little afraid to start because I really want to like it and not be disappointed. (And I’m not savoring the idea of a bunch of time with my seam ripper, either!)
I’m also having a hard time choosing thread. Should I use red or brown? Which would you choose?
Deep breath. Courage. I can do this….. right?!?
You can do it!! If you want to pull out the cool design by the selvage more, I would do brown, but either would look cute- which do you have? (Like how I make my decisions)?
So you are going to free hand quilt it yourself? Cool! Where did you get the bright reds? Did you have to order those on line? Where did you end up finding them?
And by the way you ALWAYS make awesome quilts and other items so I can’t believe you are nervous!