That’s right. One is finished! And it’s the difficult one. Here’s the thing: we weren’t talking, the quilt and I. For a while, it seemed that we wouldn’t be able to even chat. Take a look at our conversation:
At first I had this disaster above. A big jumble of big blocks that I didn’t know what to do with. All along, I thought I’d make a “kitchen-sink” quilt, throw it all in and see what comes out. It was not pretty.
But we kept making blocks for the BOM, so I kept adding to that jumble. My hope was that I could find a way to make it all work. I sewed it all together, in a willy-nilly fashion.
Then took it apart. It was just such a mess. Forget the top, I needed some organization. It made me nervous or something. So I took it down to big chunks and sorted them into same-block piles. Like sorting clothes. The ripping felt calming, which is a good thing since I’ve never ripped so much! Not even on this quilt. Read the article HERE. In the photo above, I was still organizing, but it calmed my nerves to see it in this way.
At some point, I saw this center block. I didn’t know why, but it worked. Maybe the quilt was whispering. I finally thought about creating a medallion-like center. It provided some semblance of organization since I could put similar blocks together. Now we were talking.
One quilt top finish…except is it really?
Eventually, I turned the medallion right-side-up and ran with it. But if you know me, you know that I can’t be so conventional as to make squares where there can be something else. So I went for the idea of squares. And wrapped up one finish.
Until this morning. It was fine and I could have left it as it was. But I didn’t like the abruptness of that lower right corner. So I took a huge chunk out and rearranged. This I like much better, though I’ve been thinking. No, no, it’s staying. I’ll piece the backing and try to load it on the longarm before I leave for Shreveport to teach my “Grow Your Garden” applique class (more on that later).
