Originally Posted by candi
Woo Hoo 85 is a wonderful number,maybe 86 now????
I was working on two of the blocks today before work, and I am getting a bit annoyed with myslef...I think I have very high expectations of my limited skills, although I am very much enjoying the process of choosing fabrics, cutting, preparing and appliquing, and I am mildly enjoying the bobbin work, I am unable to look at my block and be satisfied...my hubby says I am looking too close and need to look at the big picture..I am sure he is right, he normally tells me if he thinks I should redo things..but dang it, I just want to be happy with the blocks. It is my first time doing this level of applique and first time doing bobbin work..any words of wisdom or encouragment from all of you talented people? I guess I just need to look at this quilt as a joyful learning experience and just hide it when it is done,lol.
well, I sure hope I don't want to hide my quilt when it is done, but it's been so long since I hand embroidered more than a few inches on something, and I have never done needle turn.
I chose doing mine on machine bc of my fibromyalgia...or I would NEVER get finished.
I'll probably not feel like "all that" about each individual block, bc I am harder on myself than on others, but I am honest.
It's the way we look at things. I really don't see...don't hone right in, on other ppl's work, inspecting and scouring for crooked lines or blunt points etc.
I look at the whole block and see the colors, the combination, think about the hard work...I can pick up something of mine, and immediately go, "Oh no! What are ppl going to think when they see that?"
I think it's a quilter thing. We have two perspectives...kinder to others than we are to ourselves, but I will say, it is that attitude that makes us keep trying harder to do better...and eventually - we do! :XD: