NYE Mystery Quilt Top

These really pretty fabrics taught me a hard lesson-no matter how gorgeous I think it is I will not buy fabric if it is stiff. Maybe it's all the gold metallic on them - one is a batik but it is actually softer! There are still a lot of these African theme fabrics in my stash so I am now wondering how to use them, perhaps as backings, because it really makes my fingers sore from all the pinning.

As you can see I used those indipensible little fork pins again, without them I would have been undoing and re-sewing a lot of the seams that didn't match up well enough to satisfy me.

Incidentally, I found the fork pins at Joann today and on sale 50% off so I picked up an extra package. This made them much less expensive than at Connecting Threads even at CT's sale price, and then you have to add shipping though I only order the pins if I am already placing an order for something else.

Ta-da, here is the finished top ready for the longarm. After hanging it for photographing I noticed a mistake, but it's going to stay there! The elephants at least all go in the same direction, that was in my plan but I wouldn't have fussed if it didn't work out. As time goes on I find myself able to live with some things that are less than perfect, others I can't abide it depends on how much it offends my eyes!