Friday, July 31, 2020

OMG Hoarfrost is a top!

With 4 hours to spare to midnight! I had to do some math calculations after the pieced borders did not fit. Well, first I had to determine if I could chop off a couple bars on each side and be happy... which I considered but then the top and bottom did not fit. The seam ripper came out and undid the borders.... and then I had to measure everything and do some calculations. I was only a teeny bit off on one side and decided it was close enough! My own fault... I tried to change the inner borders into 1 white border but obviously did my math wrong! Oops. 

Finished top ... and it only took me 4 years to get it to this point! The original pattern of Hoarfrost by Canuckquilter called for paper pieced snowflakes.... which I love the look of but really dislike paper piecing. I decided to print out some snowflake coloring pages and did needle turn applique instead for two of them. I guess I had made one back in 2016 so I just added the sides to make it to size. 

Linking up in the nick of time to the July OMG finish link up and the RSC Challenge since it is blue!

Now to decide if I machine stitch it or hand quilt some snowflakes on it.......
I can see a dark blue 'Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow in that white border....




9 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

it looks great - I can't tell that you messed it up anywhere - not noticeable in the least. Great quilt

a good yarn said...

A spectacular finish and Canuckquilter will not doubt be impressed.

Patty said...

Lovely! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish.

Gretchen Weaver said...

You have a beautiful flimsy! Looking forward to viewing the quilting!

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

That looks great to me, Deb! I love the border - it fits the frost theme perfectly. Sorry to hear it caused you so much trouble though!

Sherrie said...

Hi,
Beautiful quilt! Have a great day!

Sylvia@Treadlestitches said...

Love the pieced border! And you're ready for winter months early!

Julierose said...

this is really beautiful!! What a lovely flimsy...I love those borders...nice work Julierose

Susie H said...

That really turned out beautiful! I love the outside border and have meant to do that one on a quilt or two of mine but forgot. Great job! Love the idea of Let It Snow! in the white border.