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Posted by Sunny on May 7, 2007, 2:11 pm
Ok, I've tried and tried and every way I look at the blocks and put
them together and mix them up, I just hate this project. At what point
is it "ok" to pull the plug and dump the thing and admit that I wasted
money and fabric on this mistake?
The problem is this: I love the look of classic quilts. The even
lines, gorgeous points and the way the secondary design pops out at
you. I love two color quilts that are understated and calm. I love
wild and vivid New York Beauty quilts with odd angles and amazing
swoops in the modern incarnations. I love scrappy quilts with their
unplanned and totally natural beauty.
I love them, but I can't make them. Boredom hits. I forget what it was
that drew me to this pattern or that. I become positively billious
when faced with cutting 130 HST from the 6 yards of a fabric that was
so gorgeous in a fat quarter.
Ok, just wanted to vent. I'm not going to complain any more about
this. But I am going to toss this thing I've been working on off and
on for months with no enthusiasm. I think my guild's garage sale is
going to get a donation.
Now, to avoid making the same mistake the next time Eleanor Burns
publishes a new book.....I am considering something akin to a Medic
Alert bracelet. It will have a little quilt block with a Verbotten
sign on top of it. Quilt Store clerks will not be allowed to sell me
any more standard quilt patterns or piles of fabric intended to make a
gorgeous Baltimore Album. Any purchase of fabric must be accompanied
by the purchase of fisible web, spray adhesive and no piece of fabric
intended for the front of a quilt can be more than 2 yards.
Sigh,
Sunny
"To thine own self be true"
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Posted by John on May 7, 2007, 2:21 pm
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> Ok, I've tried and tried and every way I look at the blocks and put
> them together and mix them up, I just hate this project. At what point
> is it "ok" to pull the plug and dump the thing and admit that I wasted
> money and fabric on this mistake?
> The problem is this: I love the look of classic quilts. The even
> lines, gorgeous points and the way the secondary design pops out at
> you. I love two color quilts that are understated and calm. I love
> wild and vivid New York Beauty quilts with odd angles and amazing
> swoops in the modern incarnations. I love scrappy quilts with their
> unplanned and totally natural beauty.
> I love them, but I can't make them. Boredom hits. I forget what it was
> that drew me to this pattern or that. I become positively billious
> when faced with cutting 130 HST from the 6 yards of a fabric that was
> so gorgeous in a fat quarter.
> Ok, just wanted to vent. I'm not going to complain any more about
> this. But I am going to toss this thing I've been working on off and
> on for months with no enthusiasm. I think my guild's garage sale is
> going to get a donation.
> Now, to avoid making the same mistake the next time Eleanor Burns
> publishes a new book.....I am considering something akin to a Medic
> Alert bracelet. It will have a little quilt block with a Verbotten
> sign on top of it. Quilt Store clerks will not be allowed to sell me
> any more standard quilt patterns or piles of fabric intended to make a
> gorgeous Baltimore Album. Any purchase of fabric must be accompanied
> by the purchase of fisible web, spray adhesive and no piece of fabric
> intended for the front of a quilt can be more than 2 yards.
> Sigh,
> Sunny
> "To thine own self be true"
You might try putting it away for a long time. Maybe one year or two.
Then see if your interest and focus has returned. Once you give it
away it is gone. You can always give it away later. It won't be any
less worthwhile if you wait and then decide to give it away, after
letting it stew for a long bit. Put it somewhere you don't have to
come across for that period of time and then pull it out and see if
the fire has been rekindled. If it hasn't, then pitch it. My 2 cents.
John
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Posted by Kathy Applebaum on May 7, 2007, 2:33 pm
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> Ok, I've tried and tried and every way I look at the blocks and put
> them together and mix them up, I just hate this project. At what point
> is it "ok" to pull the plug and dump the thing and admit that I wasted
> money and fabric on this mistake?
It's okay to pull the plug ANY time. Really, it is.
It took me a long time to realize that quilting was supposed to be FUN, and
if I wasn't having fun with a quilt, it was time to move on to something
else. Some times that means putting it away for a while and pulling it out
later. Some times that means giving some blocks to a fellow RCTQer, or
donating them to our guild's community service project. (Seems I'm not the
only one who has blocks that don't work, given the number of donations I see
every month!) And I don't feel the least bit bad about it any more.
--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
mailto:KathyA@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com
http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/
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Posted by Polly Esther on May 7, 2007, 3:05 pm
I've pulled the plug twice this year already. Well, it IS May so maybe
that's not really many. One was patchwork surrounded by a large floral
border. The border had very fussy-cut big flowers appliquéd so that they
spilled over from the border into the patches. It would have taken many
years to complete and would have been too fragile to enjoy. I tossed it.
The Tumbling Blocks I was playing with is gone to the landfill. I realized
that doing a perfect point with 6 diamonds coming together several hundred
times was not fun. Gone.
Both projects were things I had wanted to try for years. I realize that
all of you weren't adults in the 50's but getting them out of here felt as
good as taking off a longline strapless bra, brushing out a piled-high
teased hairdo and kicking off pointed-toe 4" high heels. My yes, it did
feel good. Quilting should be a joy and pleasure. When it becomes a trial
of endurance and tedium, I'm outta here. Polly
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>> Ok, I've tried and tried and every way I look at the blocks and put
>> them together and mix them up, I just hate this project. At what point
>> is it "ok" to pull the plug and dump the thing and admit that I wasted
>> money and fabric on this mistake?
> It's okay to pull the plug ANY time. Really, it is.
> It took me a long time to realize that quilting was supposed to be FUN,
> and if I wasn't having fun with a quilt, it was time to move on to
> something else. Some times that means putting it away for a while and
> pulling it out later. Some times that means giving some blocks to a fellow
> RCTQer, or donating them to our guild's community service project. (Seems
> I'm not the only one who has blocks that don't work, given the number of
> donations I see every month!) And I don't feel the least bit bad about it
> any more.
> --
> Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
> Queen of Fabric Tramps
> mailto:KathyA@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com
> http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/
> remove the obvious to reply
>
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Posted by MB on May 7, 2007, 6:06 pm
I did that with a stack and whack that I realized I couldn't stand.
Felt guilty for about 3 nanoseconds.
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> them together and mix them up, I just hate this project. At what point
> is it "ok" to pull the plug and dump the thing and admit that I wasted
> money and fabric on this mistake?
> The problem is this: I love the look of classic quilts. The even
> lines, gorgeous points and the way the secondary design pops out at
> you. I love two color quilts that are understated and calm. I love
> wild and vivid New York Beauty quilts with odd angles and amazing
> swoops in the modern incarnations. I love scrappy quilts with their
> unplanned and totally natural beauty.
> I love them, but I can't make them. Boredom hits. I forget what it was
> that drew me to this pattern or that. I become positively billious
> when faced with cutting 130 HST from the 6 yards of a fabric that was
> so gorgeous in a fat quarter.
> Ok, just wanted to vent. I'm not going to complain any more about
> this. But I am going to toss this thing I've been working on off and
> on for months with no enthusiasm. I think my guild's garage sale is
> going to get a donation.
> Now, to avoid making the same mistake the next time Eleanor Burns
> publishes a new book.....I am considering something akin to a Medic
> Alert bracelet. It will have a little quilt block with a Verbotten
> sign on top of it. Quilt Store clerks will not be allowed to sell me
> any more standard quilt patterns or piles of fabric intended to make a
> gorgeous Baltimore Album. Any purchase of fabric must be accompanied
> by the purchase of fisible web, spray adhesive and no piece of fabric
> intended for the front of a quilt can be more than 2 yards.
> Sigh,
> Sunny
> "To thine own self be true"