Good morning all. I want to thank everyone for the warm welcomes. Many of you have said stick with it but at this point I don't know if I'm going to or not. Since I've gotten back into quilting I've discovered I've lost a lot of common sense. I measured the width of some of my flying geese geese strips that I've now assembled and discovered that the finished quilt is going to be much wider than the full sized quilt that I intended. UNBELIEVABLE! It's going to be almost a full sized bed spread. I can't believe I made a mistake like that. So maybe it is time for me to pack it all in. : ( It's the second big blooper I've made this week. I got a three and a half pound round roast intending to make two meals with it for my husband and myself and it hit me in the middle of the night that I froze the whole roast without cutting it into two pieces before freezing. I've tried to figure out how I might cut it now that it's frozen and the only thing I can come up with is that maybe it's possible for my hubby to cut the frozen roast on his table saw. That worries me though because I don't know if cutting a piece of frozen meat might be dangerous especially since he's in his late eighties and hasn't used the saw for a few years? Oh well.
Back to my quilt. I know I can just eliminate a few of the strips to make it the width I want but it's very frustrating to throw away at least three strips and sashes because I flubbed up. I don't want any pillows, and have no one who would want them. Not that I want another project anyway. I would have to trash them because I don't want to see the reminders what I did. I'll be the first to admit I'm probably a great candidate for Prevagen, but I didn't dream I was so far gone I would mess up something as basic as the width of a quilt. I've decided to put it away and go to the library today and read for a week or so before I make the decision to "throw in the towel." I've been looking at the photos of several of my quilt tops that I made in the late seventies and can't believe I could have problems with this one after making some of them. I am serious about wondering about my abilities anymore because my hubby has lost a lot of his cognitive skills and I'm always on the lookout for the same thing in myself. If I knew how I would send some of the photos to verify that I used to be competent. Enough said. : ) Thanks again everyone. Excuse any typos please.