Primarily Blue

I'm through with you, Primarily Blue.

I like how it turned out.  I like how the colors balanced out.  I like the block design, as well as the corner and mid-way sashing blocks.  However, the overall craftsmanship is less than excellent. 

Maybe I can't have everything?????



I designed the stencil I used on the blocks.  The jury is still out as far as my Singer being a top-notch quilting machine, although I realize a lot of the problem is with the machine operator.  In fact, it is the machine quilting part of the project that moved my quilt from excellent to so-so.





This is the backing.  I ended up putting some flowers and hearts from one of my fabrics used on front to cover some rough spots where the thread bunched up.  I like the design of this fabric when it is not giving me an eye-strain headache.

Good News - Bad News

The good news on my jacket is that I got all the pieces quilted in place. The bad news is, the quilting took up so much of the body of the jacket it is a size too small for me. Oh, well, I will finish and embellish it and put it up for sale as a "wearable art" jacket. (That may be good news, but I love the colors and the primary fabric and need to make one for me!)


The bad news is there was a snafu on my pug puppy fabric order and the sender could not figure out who to send it to. The good news is, we got it straightened out, and I ordered directly from hotdiggitydog.com. (Well, I ended up ordering more than my pug puppy fabric, but that is another story.) So, now I am ready to figure out how I am going to combine it with my pink roses for my sister's hanging/lab quilt.

One of the other fabrics I got with my order was a blue with small doggie designs. The good news is it looks cute as lattice for my "Dogs and Cats at the Beach" blocks. The bad news, it clashes something terrible with my sashing, plus when I look at the quilt as a whole, my beach design is getting overwhelmed by so many bright colors. If I use this new fabric as the sashing, it will take away too much from the blocks on which I want my focus. I am going to use a solid fabric for the lattice to off-set all the busy-ness in the other prints. I think I will save my pretty new blue doggies fabric for another dog-themed quilt -- maybe use it for the sashing since I have two yards of it.

The other bad news is I am still plugging away at my Primarily Blue quilt. The good news is, I have learned a lot with this quilt, including how to design my own quilting template. However, the quilt is definitely destined for a family member, not for sale. I figure a family member will be more forgiving about any "irregularities".