Progress, I Think

I'm in the process of making more blocks for this:
and I think 2 of them are actually not going to work. To fit, all of the trees have to be standing up, and then the blocks have to fit into the overall pinwheel pattern, which gets very confusing. I think I'm doing a 5 by 6 quilt, so I need 7 more blocks, and to save my sanity I have laid this out ahead of time to see which direction to cut the blocks. I am a slow learner, but eventually I get there.

I have made an executive decision--there will be no April "Project of the Month." I have already finished 2 projects and have ....well, a whole bunch still to go, so April will belatedly be, "Finish Some of Those Darn Projects I've Already Started" month. I have 11 days and an embarrassing number of projects going. Now, we'll just have to see what I can get done before May 1. Of course, the real question is "Can I finish enough projects to make the sewing room a little less frightening?"

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

Comments

tinebeest said…
That quilt thing is coming along nicely, but it would have driven me nuts a few times over by now! Well done on keeping your sanity (or at least faking it on the blog ;-) )

Are you sure the floor in the sewing room would be able to handle the sudden exposure to the world when you reach it? Just wondering...
April 19, 2009 at 7:20 AM
Mandy said…
Dream away. You are not alone! The pile of UFOs in my workroom is too scary to cope with at present.
Thanks for the inspiration of knowing that even the seemingly impossible can be tackled.
April 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM
RobinH said…
The problem with "less frightening" is that it's a pretty subjective assessment, and likely to be influenced by the mental state of the observer. "Detectible progress" would be an easier metric- you could take before and after photos, for example.

That's going to be a great quilt when you're done- I really like the way you've arranged the blocks into an overall pattern.
April 20, 2009 at 6:08 AM
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