My Quilting & Needlework Passion: 11/01/2011

Well I am late and posting but it s finished and given to my Ex on his 80th birthday 24 Oct 2010. It was fun to do has a long history survived an apartment fire.

Vintage Valentine Quilt

I've done a few BOM (Block of the Month) quilts where you order kits with fabric and pattern, for a block each month for the number of blocks to the quilt. In those I've gotten they included the fabric needed (depending on that particular quilts assembly) to finish the top. The cost of these were either included and spread throughout the months or were handled as a seperate BOM Finishing kit.

When I started this BOM I had several shops to select from and liked the border on this one - think it makes the quilt pop, so chose it. When I visited the shop the lady went to lengthly detail telling how to get the flowers in the border to flow at the corners and not look pieced. Why would she go into such detail if the border fabric wasn't included - No I didn't ask specificly, because she was also explaining the blocks and the fabrics and construction.

NOW I have all the block all 13 of them, large center block and the 12 blocks that surround it. I have about 6 all stitched and learn the border fabric is not included and IS NO LONGER available - I was livid and sick. Had I known it wasn't available I might not have bought the blocks, or if was available when I started I'd have purchased it then.

I now have to either find something else to use - not a good choice to me or dispose of what I have and start over with another quilt for this granddaughter - also not a good choice.

So will put away and see what happens over the next several months. I've searched the Internet and found a couple of fabric that might work, but not all that happy with them at this point - 2 months down the road they may look different to me.

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