So, just to mess with everyone’s head a little more (and especially mine) I made little mini quilt squares this morning to fiddle around a little, easier than spreading the entire thing out on the floor (in reality, each square is 8.5″ each side).
In order (as in, continuing from the first three)
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9.
10.
11.
There. Imagine the black ones have the ring pattern, ok? Personally I am leaning towards #5 (because then I don’t have to cut new blocks, haha, LAZY!) or #4, and I will have to cut new blocks. But I have it laid out right now with an orange border and black binding and it looks super. I’m willing to do that extra work.
I also like #10.
Of these, I like #6 but still like #1 from the first set the best.
I like number 4 myself :)
#11 for me.
I also like #11, or #1 from the last post.
I like 11 and 6
Oh I didn’t realize #1 was still in the running, I rescind my previous statement, #1 is my fave.
#6. That was the only one where I was all, “Ooh, yeah!”
The ONLY one, Ali? And the rest you were all “MEH!”?
Thanks for all the help, guys, this has been fun and frustrating at the same time and makes me wish I had just gone with a plain old solid, haha, too late now.
Ok, because there is virtually no where else to vent, and I doubt anyone is reading this forum at this point, here I go:
I think I hate quilting. I’m not sure if it’s the exacting fiddliness of it all or if I am just not that into sewing machines (hand sewing? Hell yes!) but today was a total piss off in every way.
1. On the bus to the work room a woman with her headphones on whistled all the way from Bloor to Queen St West, along Lansdowne. But not along with the music she was listening to, oh no, that would make too much sense, just one note over and over again, toot toot toot toot toot toot toot toot…
2. I couldn’t get the zig zag correct on the machine I always use and had to get help twice. It makes me feel totally stupid and I hate that. Then the tension was wrong and my fabric was bunching up in an ugly, hateful way, so I needed help again.
3. And then ironing and did I mention I hate ironing?
4. Then the sewing machine I always use died. Literally. It was smelling funny, burny maybe, but I thought that maybe it had been freshly oiled, it was working fine, chugging along and then…nothing. Motor gonzo, sorry Karyn. That’s a $1300.00 Bernina, if you were wondering.
5. Switched to a fancier machine ($3000.00 Bernina, fucking EEK!)that is all computerized and it was a clusterfuck for a bit, fiddling fiddling fiddling and then it was working and boy howdy, I want THAT machine, srsly, but sadly, I ran out of time.
I got about a third of what needed to be done finished. Not one block is done completely. And I work tomorrow, training a new employee and again on Thursday (which I don’t normally work) and then directly to my class Thursday night where I will have the complete lack of joy announcing my complete lack of doneness. This from the woman who only works 7 hours a week. Ugh.
I suck.
first of all…I sooooooooooo read this…lol Second you do NOT suck, you are the craftiness goddess I wish I had an INKLING of your craftiness powers! :) Third, I also despise ironing…it should be abolished! Fourth – SMILE or Ashley will send Meeps to lick your face
BUSTED! HA, thanks, Jamie.
I’m no where near as crafty as you think, not as good a knitter as Jana, can’t quilt like Libs, I am an eighth as talented a painter as Shannon.
I sell myself short, it’s a serious character flaw. And keeps me from growing.
Send Meeps to me! She’s one of my best girlfriends!
you should come down to So. Dak….we would have a blast. And then you could meet Isabella…the future dictator of Cuba. Castro has NOTHING on her. And if you ask she’ll lick your face too :P
i like numbers 10 and 11.
Quilting for me is sort of a love hate thing too. I think because it’s just *so* *much* *work* compared to other things like knitting, needlework, sewing small projects. It’s alot more physical, takes way more steps in between sewing sessions, and the sheer size of quilts sometimes is overwhelming. Ironing is totally a pain. Washing the fabric before you sew is a pain. Hand quilting is a pain. I find myself procrastinating most nights and just resorting to knitting on the couch and watching a movie. This is why i knit and embroider alot!haha. However, that said, i love having a finished quilt. It’s much more rewarding to finish a quilt for me, than finishing a pair of mittens i knit or a bag i have sewn. I dunno. I average one quilt a year, usually no more because of the pain of everything involved. But I still like looking back and knowing I made one. It helps me practice at sewing too. :)
You’re quilt is going to look great! Just keep working, and all of the sudden one day it’ll be done, and you’ll be super happy. :)
“hoo hoo oooh oooh oooh hoo hoo ooh ooh ooh uh ooh hoo oooh oooh hooo ahhhh yeah.”
Love the new tagline. :D
I was obsessing on the Stones on the weekend. Do you ever watch a video or hear a song and a feeling or a smell or some other…I don’t know, something takes over?
Like, I was watching Undercover of the Night and my nose or my throat maybe suddenly started giving me this feeling of, I don’t know, grade 8? When did that song come out? I can’t describe it properly, sorry.