ARRRGGGH - I HATE my Drunkard's Path!!!
 

Ugh - I had finally bought a bunch of batiks and agonized over a pattern. Finally chose Drunkard's Path and hand stitched the curved pieces then decided to hand piece everything. The blocks are 12 x 12, each block is made up of 4 small blocks with the curved quarter circles. I made 25 blocks total, half in red/pink, the other half in blue/green.

I wanted to do the pattern like Elise1's in the Picture Gallery but I couldn't figure out how the blocks should turn so in the end I kept it so that each small block is part of a full circle (instead of a 3/4 circle) but each pie shaped piece is a different color.I hand pieced the small blocks into the big blocks and I am just about done hand piecing the rows.

I HATE it! It doesn't look different - I could have appliqued a bunch of circles onto a background and saved myself the trouble!!! I am now going to rip everything out and start rearranging the small blocks because if i complete it, I won't like it and I really wanted to like it!!!

wahhhhhhh!

So sorry!! Do you have a design wall or a big bed that you can lay the blocks out on? I sometimes spend several days rearranging the blocks on my design wall to get the look I want. I find if I do it in a hurry I am usually unhappy.

I feel your pain. If it'll help, have a drink to go along with that Drunkard's Path.

I agree with SewNTune - a drink will help!

Take 3 pieces of chocolate and one seam ripper......

I watched an episode of Quilt in a Day with Eleanor Burns a couple of weeks ago.
Even she said have a glass of wine before you quilt to relax.
This made me think of that.

JNCT14 - Good Luck with your quilt. Hope you find a block arrangement that makes you smile.

http://www.earlywomenmasters.net/qui...ard/index.html
this has a lot of different ways to lay them out

There are many ways to sew the drunkards path together hope you find one that will make you pleased

Maybe try different arrangements before you start ripping! Hopefully better luck today!