It really is exciting to have them done for you, and they look great all together! The lovely ladies got me up half a Queen-sized quilt - and the rest are up to me!
I'm finding the concept of 20-odd blocks a bit daunting! I'm not a fast sewer at the best of times, and envy those who are - I spend a lot of time visualising (which is free and can be done on the couch), then worrying, and planning, and working up to cutting and then cutting (which is the job I really loathe and put off), sewing and then it usually sits awhile while I work up to doing a back, then it sits awhile longer because I don't like quilting much on my little machine. See even my description of the quilting process is long and drawn out! So I've started back into the stars but I can't quite remember what my plan was for the bits I already have cut out so it's going to be slow getting back into it and then I'll have to do a bunch more cutting - I'll need to find the original tutorial I used to make up the instructions I handed out (if I can remember which one it was). The main problem though, is how SLOW this is going to be because I have to press each seam as I make it, and that slows things down big time. I'm better at not being totally perfect at things than I used to be, but I still require a certain standard from myself and I can't be slapdash. I don't think I'm being OCD or anything, I just wouldn't be happy if I knew I hadn't tried my hardest to do the best job I could. I don't care so much if the result isn't perfect, well ok just a little, more that I tried hard. Not pressing the first seam when making the individual points would be slacking off in my books. Why am I so hard on myself when I'm not on others? See I'm just using this blog as cheap therapy ;)
ETA: I came back to change how I worded this post, I don't know if anyone else thought it sounded a bit whiny and self-pitying, which I didn't intend at all, so hopefully now it reads more like I intended! Plus I've been working at not pressing that first seam today (with mixed results on the personal development front).
Wow! Loving the vinti sheets and linen combo! :)
ReplyDeleteOh haha, I thought I was going a bit mad when this post disappeared and reappeared! Why don't you let some MM peeps make some more blocks for you? I really liked making these ones and I for one would be happy to make more.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling kind of embarrassed now because Mel offered too! But I guess I shouldn't because I know I'd be happy to make more blocks for others so should be graceful and accept them in turn :) Helen definitely deserves more too, and others might like extras so perhaps it makes sense to do a 'Bee Redux' and anyone who would like some more blocks can bring in fabric and share it out amongst those who want to make so that everyone gets a shot - not just the whingers with blogs... ;) I'll raise it at the next meeting.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I love the combo a huge amount too :)
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