good morning all! (well, it's morning here, lol)
i have a finish!! Finally done with my christmas tree skirt - yay!
Copying quossum's report style (because i find the approach interesting, albeit my content may be less so...)
quilt origin - i've wanted to make a christmas tree skirt pretty much since i started quilting in the late 90s. It took until maybe 2-3 years ago for me to actually start one (not too sure on exact start date). I love the carpenters star block, and knew i wanted to do a massive one for this project.
why it became a ufo - my quilting time has been rather stop-start for the past few years, and i would pick it up again in late nov/early dec thinking "must get that finished this year", do a bit, christmas would arrive and leave, and i'd put it aside thinking "i'll do it for next year"... In all fairness this is my 'newest' ufo - the others i have are all working on a decade plus of neglect, lol. It's not as if this is the most difficult project i've attempted, which is possibly part of the issue, in that i would think i'll fly through finishing it and then.... Not.
why i finally finished - i'm actually positively trying to put aside time for quilting the past couple of months (well, since the virus lockdown really) since i know it is good for my mental health. It was at 'top put together, but not quilted yet' stage. Since i handquilted it (which i'm rather proud of) it took a little longer than it might have, but it is now finally all done.
quilt's fate - being put with the christmas decorations to be used round our tree this year!
Hope the photos post...