Persistence

Just like Running Man

and his races, I have been

persistent in my own way.

Granted, it doesn't involve running 50 miles,

but it does consist

 of completing small stitches each day!

My grapes are done for the 

 Noah and Matilda Album quilt.

The good thing is that it 

didn't turn out to be the 

"Grapes of Wrath" block

 

 after all,

 despite their size.

 Also the  Di Ford's Mystery Quilt

being published by Quiltmania

surfaced once again.

When the second part of this quilt was

published, there was some concern about 

making the pieced border fit.

I decided to sit back and wait

and listen to the findings of other quilters

 and then move ahead.

I'm glad I did.

I picked up several good tips from

some very experienced quilters.

I had originally planned on

 gridding the background fabric 

and then appliqueing the

circles onto it.

Then when the background square was

stitched into the border,

the applique would already be done.

With many quilters having

 difficulty in getting the border to fit,

I decided that I wasn't  going to do all

the applique and then

possibly have to  redo it, if

there was some problems.

So I cut it apart,

carefully sewed the border pieces,

and then appliqued the circles.

The border is going to fit fine.

And I'm glad I waited.

I discovered that

my original basted circles were

not very well centered.

I left a couple in place to show you 

how off I was.

I would have been really irritated with myself

if I had appliqued them ahead, stitched the background

in place and discovered that the circles

 were so far off center.

In the meantime,

I persistently searched for one more

fabric for the triangle pieces.

Finally,

after looking one more time in the stash.....

It's so great to have a stash!

 Wish I could have sat and stitched

and completed all of this without issues,

but as you can see,

persistence does pay off,

no matter what race you're in.

Until Next Time-