Snowman Gatherings and I See the Light at the End of the Tunnel

I am so happy with the way this quilt top is coming together! This is Snowman Gatherings, a 2015 Designer Mystery project by Fat Quarter Shop. I didn't sign up for the sew along when it was going on, but a kind reader sold me her kit, for which I am so grateful. This is a great project and will be stunning on my bed in January next year.

You get the idea of how it's going to look with the side borders. There are two more narrow borders that will go on, and I am awaiting the arrival of a striped tan fabric for the inner border. The outer border will be another band of the navy that is used for the lattices.

To finish off the snowmen, after it's quilted, I plan to sew on tiny buttons for facial features etc. I have never added button detail to a quilt top, and I assume you have to do it after quilting, right? Otherwise, the longarm machine could hit the buttons and break something, which would be bad.

Several of you shared with me your stories of kitchen disasters after my post yesterday when I described our oatmeal cookies sliding off the baking sheet. My absolute worst kitchen catastrophe was the Christmas I was making cheesecake and the bottom fell out of the pan as I was putting it into the oven. That's the moment in the photo above, preserved forever in my memory.

You cannot even imagine the mayhem that ensued. My husband actually had to remove the oven door to get all the cheesecake batter cleaned out. Plus, the batter leaked into the lower oven below and that had to be cleaned as well. Worst of all, there was no cheesecake for Christmas. 

So my reaction when Eva's cookies went sliding off the baking sheet into the oven was pretty much "Never mind honey, I've done worse".

Have a great weekend everyone. And if you plan to cook anything, do be careful.

Comments

[Cathy]

I made a quilt years ago where the blocks are snowman faces. I used buttons for some eyes and mouths and added them after quilting. I think your quilter will have trouble if you add them before quilting, certainly if using a pantograph design.

[Linda]

Oh, I love how the border brings such a sparkle and life to this quilt....it's going to be lovely! As for the cheesecake disaster....been there, done that with the bottom of the pan falling out....we live and learn!

[Pamela Dempsey]

😵‍💫 cheesecake catastrophe! So sorry, yes, you did worse than cookies! It happens.

[Jan]

The side border is exactly what the top needs. And, I would definitely wait until after it's quilted to add embellishments. I'm sure that cheesecake spill/mess/horror is seared in your brain forever! 😱

[CarolE]

Oh no, not the cheesecake! That did look like a complete disaster, so sorry that happened.
I really like the border on the sides of your quilt. I was at Road to California yesterday and where they hang the quilts up high was this exact quilt only this person did put the borders on top and bottom. Unfortunately, the quilt was so high up that I could not get a good look at it.

[Ina]

ugh. what a mess to clean up. the elves should have arrived early to clean for you. ;p

it's gonna be rainy for several days. stay in. sew. read. stay warm.

[Diane]

The navy dashing really makes everything pop. So pretty! I once dropped an entire pan of brownie batter—just like your cheesecake. I stood there, stunned, and my daughter pushed me out of the way and told me to sit down. She cleaned it all up.

[Sandy Carlson]

Love your Snowman Gatherings Quilt! Do they ever repeat a pattern? But typical for me, about 8 years too late. :)