I needed 32 more blocks to go around the edges: 128 little 4" blocks and 128 pieces of coral "sashing," plus 32 little red squares. All the pieces are cut and a few are sewn together.
The process is to stitch a coral strip to the side of each square, then to the opposite side; and to each side of a red square. Then press, pin, and sew the coral/red strips to the squares. Sew, sew, sew.
I know they will eventually be finished but it's beginning to feel like a marathon -- one that's like a treadmill with no end in sight.
Do you ever feel like you're just ready for a quilt to be done? (Or maybe I should say Done with a capital D.) Do you rush through to finish, plod on, or lay it aside for a while? If you rush through do you ever take shortcuts or make choices that are less than the best for the quilt?
I don't want to shortchange this quilt, but boy am I ever ready to start something new!
--Nancy.
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When I get bored with a project I have to have a break! I usually put it away, but I often regret that! If I can do another project simultaneously that can help with the boredom factor, I love leaders and enders.
ReplyDeleteI hesitate to put in-progress blocks/quilts away because they become just another ufo (of which I already have too many!). Like you, I regret doing it. It's taking a lot of self control not to start another quilt right now. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences, ES.
DeleteP.S. Did you know you are a "no reply" blogger and when I click your name I can't learn your email or even whether you have a blog. But maybe that's the way you want it?
If it's becoming a chore and you have no deadline, give yourself a break for a while, but not so long that you forget what you're doing. LOL. This is one reason I make scrap quilts. I can't bear to do the same thing in the same color over and over. Maybe a leader-ender project would help, to.
ReplyDeleteHi, Susan. Sometimes when I put things away and pull them out again, it's almost like starting from scratch to figure out what layout I had in mind, or how I was stitching. I pushed through to finish sewing these blocks together and I'm glad I did (even though it took all of my self-control not to start another quilt!).
DeleteI'm with you about making the same blocks with the same fabrics dozens of times. I just can't do it. I get too bored and just have to switch up the fabrics or the colors.
I do tend to put things like that aside, if there is no deadline. And I do sometimes loose them in the UFO closet for years on end. I have altered the design to make the process less painful on occasion, but not often.
ReplyDeleteHi, Janet. I put things aside when I can't figure out what to do next, as in a design challenge, but I try to finish blocks because I'm afraid I'll never get back to the quilt or, if I do, I'll forget what I was doing and what I had in mind. I'm just pleased I didn't start another quilt before finishing sewing these blocks!
DeleteI'm OK with lots of repetition as long as I'm sure I'll be happy with the finished quilt top. If I start to doubt my colour or fabric choices then I struggle to 'keep my nose to the grindstone'!
ReplyDeleteYes, Allison, and that's the challenge for me: I never know if I'll like a finished quilt until it's finished! Or at least until it's a quilt top. If there's a "design" problem/uncertainty, I usually stop until I can figure out what should come next.
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