I wish I could promise that this will be one of the last photos you'll see of this quilt, but I won't because I'm not sure. I expect I'll want to post about it after it's bound and been washed and dried.
Now that the quilting is finished, my One Monthly Goal (OMG) for July is to choose and cut binding, then stitch it to finish the quilt. Knowing me, choosing the binding will take longer than cutting and sewing it.
I'm linking this post to OMG: July Goalsetting at Red Letter Quilts. Thanks for hosting, Heidi.
--Nancy.
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I want to see more--especially when it is bound and washed and crinkly. It will look so vintage. Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteYou are too kind, Janet. (I'm getting tired of looking at this quilt so I assumed everyone else was, too.) I do love quilts best after they've been washed and dried and are suddenly cuddly.
DeleteYou are so close, and it is going to be lovely!! Can't wait to see what you choose for the binding.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your vote of confidence, Jennie. The binding is a slow decision. I could go with lights/off-whites/creams; a medium/light range that's in many of the blocks; red/reds; or blue. I'm not sure what will look best: the border will touch on the red, the mustard, and the lights/mediums. And I don't think I've ever bound a quilt like this before. But it will be done by the end of July!
DeleteThanks for visiting and leaving a comment. I appreciate it.
I am glad you met your goal! I signed up for OMG but had to quit not because I did not make my goal but because the goal became to end and the the projects i was working on. I kept timing myself to see if I was on schedule and forgot what was really important to me. Your block is pretty and I look forward to seeing more.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Pam.
DeleteI used to do the same thing, Pam: focus on the goal and not the joy of the work. One month I found myself hand quilting four hours a day for a week or two to meet the goal. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't really fun, either. I learned to set goals I knew I could accomplish without having to watch the clock (so to speak). I think we all have to do what works for us.
Thanks for your compliment about the block. I know I'll post when it's finished because I know I'll want to celebrate!
Yay, a few more weeks and it's in the finished pile, being used for decoration until you need it for warmth.
ReplyDeleteYes, Susan, and hooray! I was looking at my notes last night and realized that I made the first blocks for this quilt in 2013, so it's been in progress a long time. (Not that I was continually working on it all that time, of course....)
DeleteYour quilt is beautiful so I'm glad you get to share it with us at least once more. Your comment about setting goals that don't become ends in themselves is so true. I'm slowly getting more proficient at breaking down projects into stages and setting goals around the stages rather than the finish. Most of the time those 'small' goals encourage momentum without taking away the joy ☺
ReplyDeleteWhen I set one goal for a big project I seem to enjoy it a lot less than when I set goals along the way: some many blocks in a day; cutting a certain number of blocks; or quilting for a certain amount of time all let me feel progress along the way. I suppose if I made smaller quilts that I could finish in a week it wouldn't make much difference but most of my quilts are longer-term efforts, especially when you consider months of hand quilting.
DeleteI hope the smaller goals work for you, Allison.