Am I the only one who has trouble understanding Eleanor Burns' instructions? I feel like a total idiot. I received the pattern book for her lover's knot quilt and I'm lost just reading the instructions. I totally understand the block construction, but even with the charts cannot determine how many of each block I need. A couple people have posted photos of the lover's knot here on the board and I really love it.
I had the Trip Around the World pattern and totally gave up on that one. I made a TATW and it turned out well, but didn't use her method. In all fairness, I've used her log cabin method and it's great. Maybe I'm just not concentrating. I have an appointment with the cardiologist this morning and that's worrying me a bit. Maybe I'll just take the pattern book and read it on the hour and a half drive to the doctor's office.
Just feeling frustrated I guess!
I started quilting with others instructing me step by step and no patterns. Then I took a class that was teaching an EB pattern. There were a lot of students in the class and the teacher was hopping around to all of us. She couldn't keep up. I was slightly impatient! The saving grace I had was Eleanor's instructions. They were so clear. Since that night in 2005, I have done over 10 quilts patterns from her book. Some times I think she teaches like we are elementary students and then I found out that she was a teacher at one time in her life!