Finished For Friday: Finally!

I am participating today in Lit and Laundry's, Finished for Friday! I hardly ever have anything to show on Fridays. That is because as of late, I am not finishing much....I have not even finished our taxes yet for goodness sake...I have got to get better organized.

I finally finished the quilt I was working on at my son's request. The binding is on, the label is on, and I was beginning to breath a sigh of relief.......almost.

Here is the pillow sham to match the quilt. I hope the recipient will want to use this quilt as a bedspread, as that is the intent with the matching sham.

Here is a look at the back. I love the fabric for the binding, I think it looks really nice.

Another view of the back. Remember, I said I was about to breath a sigh of relief....well, guess what happened? I was folding the quilt to get it ready to put in the bag for my son to take to his friend. Guess what? Can you believe my fingers snagged on a thread, and one of the blocks started unraveling....right before my eyes. Well, I panicked....thought I could put it on my machine to fix it, BIG MISTAKE. I'll just leave it at that....BIG MISTAKE.

I frantically called the quilting lady and explained what happened, she could not believe it, and offered to try and fix it. Seems her long arm is down waiting on a part to come in, but assured me she could fix this problem some kind of way with her regular machine. So 8:00pm Thursday night, I am driving to her house to take the quilt back to be repaired. My son leaves at 12:00 noon on Friday to fly to North Carolina to see his friend. My head is spinning and worried this is going to be a mess. I kept thinking about all this work, all of this planning to have something like this happen at the last minute. And can you even imagine had I not found this problem? I felt so bad.

My son and the quilting lady debated on how to fix this problem, this is what they came up with, and he seems happy. I on the other hand am a protectionist and if something is not as I feel it should be, well, I am not a happy camper. I guess the important thing is, this is a solution to a last minute fix, which should have not happened in the first place in my opinion. Makes me wonder if I will use this lady again, I don't like surprises of any kind as a general rule, especially snafu surprises.

Sorry, the picture is so small, I forgot to take it with my camera, and this is from the phone, but you get the idea. It has her initials in the center of the block "ELS"

Maybe it is time for me to buy a quilting machine and that will eliminate me depending on someone else for work that needs last minute repairs. Let me say that this is the second time a small problem was found with the quilting, so I am considering not letting a third happen. I wonder how I would react when my own work lacked perfection.....I am sure the whole house would be stressed right along with me. I know myself!

And finally, here is a shot of the card I made my son to match the quilt. I like the way this turned out. I used scraps of fabrics from the quilt, and a star button. I added the little pin I found on one of my outings.

This was a lot of work from start to finish....and much unnecessary stress. Yes, I am so glad I can finally post about this quilt for finished for Friday, which I am sure you are tired of hearing about. So now I'm off to the next project.....which by the way, I am going to try to quilt myself......it's a small project, thank goodness!!