Irresistible fabric…

Have you ever come across fabric that is just perfect, but you know the quality is terrible? Well, I bought it anyway. The fabric used in the triangles for this quilt was from Amazon. I had a hunch that it would be low quality, but I couldn’t resist it. When I initially bought it, I didn’t have a project in mind. When I came across Cottoneer’s free quilt pattern, I knew it would be perfect.

This was my third quilt ever, so the difference between good quilting cotton fabric and ‘other’ was only a concept; I had never had both to touch and work with—quality matters. The cheap fabric was thin and not as durable as the high-quality fabric I used for the rest of the quilt. It made some of the quilting process a bit difficult, but I managed well in the end.

Besides fabric quality, one of the most significant learnings was the importance of pinning before sewing. I ended up with many pieces that were misaligned post-sewing. It all worked out in the end, and this is one of my favorite quilts, but I am well and truly ‘learning by doing’.