Originally Posted by
brookemarie19
OK!! I finished part one on Wednesday and of course had to take Thanksgiving off to do lots of cooking, but after shopping last night and the kids making me get up 3 hours after having fallen asleep, I think I am going to just relax today lol. I will take pictures of part one that is in a shoebox size tote later today to post on the picture thread. I hope I can do the strings without too much stressing... my mom says I'm just too OCD on trying to match everything lol. I'm hoping that this mystery quilt will help me treat this issue to some point. Only time will tell though I guess hee hee
Put the pieces you are going to use for the strings in a bag and pull two out and sew them together. Then pull another out without look at it and sew it together. You'll be amazed at how well this works when you usually stress over getting a certain piece next to a certain piece. Just give yourself permission to add whatever comes out of the bag no matter what it is. I did this with Christmas placemat that I made and it works great. Takes all the pressure off of trying to match things up.