Quilting & Baking

Previously, I had shown photographs of why I shouldn't quilt when I'm tired.
The photos here show why I should never assume anything while quilting.
When I put the quilt onto the frame, I had only 2.5" of the backing fabric extending beyond the quilt top. I generally ask for 4". If I know the quilter, and she pieces quilt tops that are nice and square, I may say 3"-4". This is what I told this quilter. I wound the backing onto the frame, placed the batting in place, then put the top on the batting. oops! I must have the top sideways. I switched it around, and now I had about 5" on each side. Very nice.

But when I quilted to the bottom of the quilt, I realized my mistake. I had run out of backing fabric. Though I stood and stared for quite a while, never *once* thinking a naughty word, nothing changed. sigh. I would have to carefully cut off excess backing fabric from the side, pin it to the bottom of the back and then ask a friend to sew it for me.
During the week my backing was gone, I did a lot of baking. I made a lemon meringue pie for your dad when we invited the missionaries to dinner. The YW had an auction, for which I baked a berry pie. And for Joseph's birthday I made a beautiful chocolate cake.
When I got the quilt back, backing now long enough, I put it back on the frame to finish.
Come back tomorrow for finished photographs of the quilt.