Kaleidoscope-QAL-Don't-Call-Me-Betsy

 

Well, not quite.  I still have to add borders, piece the backing, baste, quilt and bind.  Somehow I don’t think I’ll get it done by the 5th of August to qualify for the giveaway.  Maybe I should have made one in cot size instead of this massive queen size one.  But still, I managed to make my first kaleidoscope quilt as a result of the quilt along at Don’t Call Me Betsy so this is my prize.

I really wasn’t that in love with this quilt especially when my piecing was off and nothing matched up.  So I quickly sewed up the blocks and just hope that somehow it will look okay standing 20 feet away.  But when Mr AC took this photo, I thought, “Hey, it doesn’t look too bad if you don’t look at the blocks too closely.”  Ok, so I’m starting to love it and maybe just maybe I  might keep this for myself.  But I do have another quilt for our bed in mind already, so this will be gifted when I do finally finish it.

By the way, I plan to quilt concentric circles preferably with my walking foot but am worried that I may find it difficult with such a large quilt.  This will be the third quilt I will quilt and the biggest by far, so I am very inexperienced.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Maybe this will end up to be my first hand quilting project after all.