Butterfly Bleh

It ain't pretty, but it's finished...

And for exactly six hours and 28 minutes, I never wanted to see another butterfly as long as I live!

I initially planned to quilt straight lines or a vortex circle, but when I sat down to the (tiny) machine (with an extremely narrow throat), I decided I should practice my FMQ because this quilt wasn't specifically for anyone. It wouldn't matter if I "ruined" it.

After I began quilting and realized how difficult it would be to quilt curlicues freehand in the empty spaces, I was tempted to pick out all the stitches I'd already done and go back to Plan A. I thought it would take me a couple of nights to finish the free-motion quilting. It took four nights and two Saturdays!

I didn't have any more of the leftover Cosmos from backing another couple of quilts that I used on the back of this quilt, and I didn’t have enough of the Toscana leftover from Teal Shadows I used on the front of this quilt to cut strips for binding, so after I finished quilting, I carefully trimmed away the extra batting and folded the Cosmos on the back over to the front.

Initially, I was going to hand-stitch the binding. But by the time I got done pinning all the way around, I decided the heck with it; it's full of mistakes, and it will never, ever be on display anywhere except as a finish (and a sloppy one at that!!!), so I machine stitched it. It's done. I don't ever have to work on it again. I can hide it until it doesn't make my tummy growl anymore!!!






Linking up with Busy Hands Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

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