Feeling accomplished
 

So two years ago I bought The American Beauty bom by Marti Michell from Keepsake Quilting. I did one block and promptly forgot about it. I decided as a New Years resolution I would put it on my to do list. Last night I got about half the second block done on my lunch hour at work. I plan on finishing it up tonight. I'm going to do it one month at a time so the next block is put away until next month.

I will post pictures as I get them done. I'm so excited. This is a little outside my comfort zone because the piecing is so complex.

"...done on my lunch hour at work." Is it hand pieced or do you have a machine at work? Just curious. I used to do handwork occasionally on my breaks at work.

I finished a quilt by doing the same sort of thing: a little at a time; the tortoise, not the hare. I made 10 Aunt Grace snowball blocks a week and finished a top in about seven months. Blocks were only six inches square, so it took a lot of blocks. This method works great if you're like me and bore easily! :o

I do a lot of hand work. I finished the basis of the block last night. I just need to do the sashing and the cornerstones on it.

I did that one and its still on my bed! It really not too difficult and the instructions are good! Enjoy it!

Sounds like a great plan to me.

I used to take stuff to work to do on my lunch hour -- the quilt pictured in my avatar spent a lot of time at my office -- All that satin-stitch embroidery took 5 months to embroider! It was done as a wedding gift for my nephew and his bride (an University of Arkansas graduate).

Jeanette

I'm one of those who has "extra" blocks nearly every time I quilt. At the end of the year, I put them all together and make one quilt from all of the extras. I'm on my third quilt since winter began - and feel like I have accomplished more this year than in previous winters. There was a time it was all hand quilted - now I will machine quilt the top, and hand quilting continues. Just never quite mastered the machine quilting no matter how many tutorials I've watched.