I am now "one" with my people, yes – that’s right, I’ve joined a
quilt guild! This group meets once a
month, and at each meeting there’s a guest speaker – for my first guild experience
Jenny Doan "charmed" the guest spot! After the
speaker, snack and short meeting, most line up for show-n-tell. For each item a guild member shows, they get
a little ribbon which pins to their name badge – I call this “Badge Bling”. There are some women who have so much Badge
Bling the badge necklace has to be cutting into the back of their necks. Talk about Bling over-acheivers, these women must sew from dusk-til-dawn. I know what you’re thinking “she’s got Bling envy”….well, you’re right, I
do!
The Guild is a big supporter of making
Linus quilts, so I decide to whip together a Linus quilt to earn my first
ribbon. Couldn’t I just take a quilt I’ve
already made? I could if any of the really
nice quilts had the binding on them! So,
I pick a super easy pattern, whip it together and start quilting. I had 4 days before the next guild meeting and needed
to get cracking. I checked the backing
after 4 rows of quilting and everything looked fine and dandy. I’m guessing the moment I stopped checking
the back is when it all went downhill…..I zipped through the toddler sized
quilt and was immediately deflated when I looked at the backing. Pucker City.
Puckered beyond belief - so bad I’ll have to rip it all out. Argh! So, I went empty handed to the guild meeting
and left bling free.
Cute,
right?
Pucker
City
My
spiffy new Guild Badge, Blingless....
