Fudge...

You still have Xmas fudge? I ate mine a long time ago. But, I did
stash some of the chocolate peanut clusters in the sewing room. Maybe
when I get down there this afternoon, I should have a snack. To reward
myself for all my hard work this weekend. ;-)

Maureen

Diana Curtis wrote:

Forget the fudge for a moment, lets see some pictures of this top, eh?
Diana, still eatting the Christmas fudge the inlaws sent

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"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
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We like fudge, don't we?

Possibly not all of us like it quite as much as chocolate...

However, in this instance, fudge is what we need, and chocolate will
have to wait until later...

Remember before Christmas that I got yelled at by a Fat Quarter book
quilt that wanted to be made? Well, I did the main part of the top just
fine. Then it started whispering to me about borders...

Remember the fudge? I'm getting to it, don't worry.

I have a book about borders and binding. It's called Happy Endings. It
has some lovely ideas in it. I'd put a nice wide border on my quilt,
same size as the blocks, and using the block background fabric. It
looked fine, but not exciting. Then the borders book got in league with
the quilt top and asked for ... wait for it... A SCALLOPED APPLIQUE
border in a plain colour taken from the background fabric! Yikes!
Hm... Interesting...

Well, I found a good blue/lilac colour to complement the irises in the
background, with a bit of help from Tracy at Jem's, so that was OK. I
drew a pattern for my border, and then I cut it out, and it didn't quite
fit... exactly... Not at every corner...

Here's the fudge at last!

I have mitered the aplique border, and fudged all the corners just a
leeeettle bit! Once I have sewn it down and finished the edge (the
damned thing wants a piped edge now!) I think you won't see the fudge.
So that's OK, isn't it? And fudge is ever so good.

Now I've finished the fudge, anyone want chocolate?
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