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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Zingy Zinky is a Finally Finished

It’s a great way to start off a new month with a Finally Finish although I was hoping that my Zingy Zinky would have been finished yesterday for an end of the month finish but had a quilting snafu which I will mention later in this post.
Zingy Zinky was one of the flimsies finished last year and I wrote about it briefly in my Flimsy Frenzy February post which I had at that time named it Zingy Zebra. I decided to rename it Zingy Zinky since this is a version of the SlinkyPinky and Blinky Bill Blankie quilts and I had to keep the “inky” as a reference to this series of quilts made up of rectangle strips and squares.
Like the previous quilts in the “inky” series, the strips and squares were cut 4-1/2” from mostly Art Gallery prints in shades of pinks, teals, golds/oranges, black&white and low volume prints.  There are almost forty different prints used in the squares. Instead of using one print for the setting strips, I alternated two prints, an Art Gallery multi-color stripe with a Cotton+Steel Netorious in black which is the reason why Zebra was in the original name for this quilt.
Zingy Zinky measures 56”x76”. The backing is an Alexander Henry print from 2011 which I bought last year from Hobby Lobby and been sitting in the backing vault to be paired with the right top— I think it’s perfect for Zingy Zinky, or should I say the ZZ Top. I used the black Netorious print for the binding.
As mentioned in the beginning of this post about my quilting mishap which I have now filed as “what not to do ever again for machine quilting” is never changed your presser foot setting in the middle of quilting unless you want big time puckering nor does 50 wt. Auril in black give quilting stitches enough definition—I should have used the 40 wt.  I had to rip out 15 rows of quilting just for the presser foot setting mishap and decided to keep using the black Aurifil thread because it would have involved ripping out another 25 rows.
You always have to include a photo of your quilt blowing in the wind.
One last photo before I end this post—Zingy Zinky hanging on the garage door since the Master Quilter was unavailable since he was busy planting his vegetable garden. I just love this pattern, it’s simple and a great way to use up scraps, charm packs or a favorite fabric collection.  I already have another one planned but will have to wait since I don’t want to start any new quilts until I finally finish a few more of the eleven flimsies left over from 2020. Plus, my quilt for the Follow Your Own Path QAL need to be ready for the June 15th Celebration of a Famous Canadian’s Birthday.  This month already seems to be going by fast.

11 comments:

  1. Great colour palette Rose! I'm sure I don't have any of that lovely pinkie-purple colour fabric (I'm sure there is a better name for it too!) I'm glad you didn't call it Stingy Stinky ! ;-))

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  2. Ok, I'm requesting the ZZTop quilt when I come for the retreat. I like everything about this top, except the quilting snafu. That is not fun, but you powered through it for a great finish!

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  3. This is a gorgeous quilt and so sorry about the snafu! I am glad that it all worked out. I just arranged a retreat for my other bee...maybe its time to plan ours...but we have to figure out where Bill will drive you!

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  4. Awesome quilt finish, Rose!! It's a real eyecatcher. You come up with some of the BEST quilt designs!

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  5. Beautiful. I love it, Rose!!! Your snafus do not show up in the finished photos. This quilt looks beautifully perfect!

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  6. Hi Rose! Zingy Zinky is a fabulous finish. I think that backing is just the perfect choice!! I'm so sorry you had issues with quilting. Why did you want to change your presser foot midway through quilting? Ripping out 15 rows of quilting is just too much but an additional 25 more would be awful. In the end, you've got a fun quilt that so colorful. I love all those colors with the gray offset background color. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  7. I love it! I seem to have amassed quite a collection of 4.5" squares (and 2.5, 3, 3.5 and 4...) so will keep this cool idea in mind for using them up! Ugh for having to rip quilting.

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  8. "ZZ Top" is just gorgeous! Especially for having rip-outs. ;) You have some beautiful scraps in that quilt.

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  9. Love the contrast of the gray (or maybe it's the black and white stripe you mentioned?--I clicked on the picture and could see it better) with the colors of the other blocks. It really makes them pop! Quilting issues are the worst--and I delay making a decision to rip it all out sometimes until I just can't stand it any more. Fifteen rows - wow!

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  10. What a great post! You seamlessly segued from ZZ Top to Bob Dylan. Every quilt tells a story and this was a good one. The trials and tribulations of ZZ.

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