Circle Quilt...borders on

The next stage of the quilt is finally completed, and not without drama. You know how some quilts just go together with ease....and some just do not?? Well, this one did not. The red spot border went on with ease, and that's where it ended. 

I couldn't tell you how many borders I have cut and sewn. Too many to count. Too many to remember. But first thing to go wrong was I measured once and had to cut twice. First mistake. We all know that we measure twice and cut once....so lots of white homespun is already cut for my next quilt. So a bonus I say.

In the end I called Martha and we did it together. I had had enough and was ready to throw it out the window! Then yesterday we took a little drive to Warren to drop it off to the quilter....

Circle Quilt....progress shot

Martha & I have joined forces to make this quilt from the Oops-a-daisy range by Moda. It's not quite finished, as it still needs borders. This would be my fault....I am the slack one. Surprise surprise. I was the big noter who had my circles cut out before Martha, as everything is a race. (I may have sent multiple texts to her bragging) Then I was struck down with a migraine or two, and Martha got to work and got her half of the quilt completed while I was still up to sewing the circles onto the squares....

Totally unmotivated at this point, I went to visit her, poured some wine, (this however was my undoing) and attempted to sew my first two rows together....hmm, the seams are not matching! Out came the quick unpick....to cut a long story short. The quick unpick came out again, I gave up, had more wine, had a sleep over, the quilt didn't get looked at again until yesterday....

.....who knows when the borders will go on??!! More photo's soon, Martha has given me a deadline of Wednesday...she is a taskmaster ;-)

By the way, it's a gift for a friend, who has no internet, so I'm pretty confident she doesn't read our blog.