I'm on a roll with the Midnight Garden quilt. I dithered briefly about the edge blocks before plunging ahead with my original orientation. I've panicked a few times thinking I sewed the corner to the wrong spot or cut the block the wrong way.
I keep telling myself: Trust the process.
That seems to be working! I've only had to rip out and reset two wonky corners of my completed blocks so far; they seem to be assembling
cleanly.
The main design wall is looking good! Last night I stitched the first two rows together: mostly pointy, mostly flat. Excellent. I may go back to fix two squares that are a little off.
The secondary design wall is looking empty. Yay! I'm slightly more than halfway through them. Love that blank space.
After my first few blocks I graduated to working two blocks at a time... but can you see that one of these corners is not like the others? Drat. I tracked down a trio of blocks - two that had wrong corners and one that was missing its corner. Given their position on the quilt I must have worked both blocks at the same time. I guess I need to trust but verify...
I have been tracking my time on this project - I estimate another eight hours of sewing on corners and probably an hour or two to sew up the rows (and of course an hour to admire/scrutinize my work). Is it possible I could have a flimsy in a week??
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It's so fun to watch your progress on this project! These blocks look difficult to me so take your time and you'll be fine!
ReplyDeleteThat is going to be amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is such an amazing design, Sally! Glad it is mostly going well, in spite of a few glitches. You mentioned this is a commission - how will you figure out what to charge?
ReplyDeletethat is so interesting and would almost be overwhelming in person! Good for you to keep with it
ReplyDeleteLeeAnna
Blocks on the design wall looks fabulous
ReplyDeleteLots of pieces in that project! I can see how it would be easy to get mixed up! looking good!
ReplyDeleteOh just look at the progress you’ve made! I’m really enjoying seeing this stunning quilt coming together. I’m sure I’d have had to us Jack more often than you have with the complexity of this pattern. Thank you for sharing on To Do Tuesday. Hope you’ve continued making progress and having fun getting this together in such a timely manner. 😁
ReplyDeletethat wall is looking good!! this is going to be amazing
ReplyDeleteHi Sally, I like your thinking process, trust the process and verify! It's looking really well...and I couldn't spot the error so it's just as well that I'm not making it! Thanks for linking up to FM Mavericks.
ReplyDeleteYour project is stunning, and looks pretty complicated! Well done with it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing and linking up.