Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie
...I have posted before about how there is nothing like your mother to make you feel bad about your inadequacies....
This really struck me today. DH was out of town for a few days - my vacation! Yipeee!!! Hmmmph. Was asked to go to a rehearsal dinner w/ BFF as "moral support" Friday afternoon/evening. Saturday was the wedding, gone from 9 AM until 6 PM, came home with a terrific tension headache. DD informs me that my mother is coming Sunday afternoon. WHAAT?? DH will be home Sunday evening. So much for free time!
Anyhow, while Mom was here, she looked at my WIP - Bonnie Hunter's "My Blue Heaven." I have 24 blocks on design wall. After a few moments, she says, "Are you trying to make a crazy quilt?" For Pete's sake, I'm 51 years old and she makes me feel 4!
Good luck with FMQ. All I can tell you is that for me, the practice required is many, many hours. Not over a day, or a weekend, but literally weeks. Hence, anything larger than baby quilt goes off to LAQ. Baby quilts I tack or do in a grid. Toppers I do SID or echo. I've not got the perseverance that you do!