Today I rolled the New York Beauty quilt forward to work on what I thought was the sixth row. I'm counting the wide top and bottom borders as rows; so there are a total of eight rows. I looked at the amount of batting hanging down from the front bar and thought, I don't believe there's enough batting.
The blocks are 15.5", and the bottom three borders together measure 12". So I needed 27.5" more inches of batting after that sixth row.
I grabbed a tape measure.
Just as I thought. It was a good 5.5" short.
Then I stopped and stared at that 'sixth' row. I considered. I stared some more. I pondered. I stared with all my might and main.
I whirled around and looked at my EQ8 diagram: I was on row seven! When this row is done, there are only the bottom borders to go! Wheeeeeee!!!!!
My quilting studio in the afternoon sunlight
The short batting that I thought wasn't going to be enough.
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