Taking a break from Jinny's Garden - Hardest quilt I have ever made
04-30-2011, 04:03 AM
#43
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Originally Posted by Pollyv9
Paper piecing is hard, messy and time consuming, but I have to admit after 2 or 3 more pp quilts I might come to love it. I completed the blocks a while ago and yesterday decided to work on the sashing. Cut many, many little pieces then discovered I cut the black pieces out of tan and vice versa. Started over, got it right the second time. I am exhausted! Might have to wait 2 or 3 mos before I continue. Will see after my nap.
This is the Jinny Beyer pattern called Jinny's Garden that was a free pattern on the Board.
This is the Jinny Beyer pattern called Jinny's Garden that was a free pattern on the Board.
04-30-2011, 04:15 AM
#46
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I first need to recover from my first full size paper pieced quilt (Maine Star) before thinking of this one. My brain doesn't cope will with the concept of sewing upside down and backwards.
I am doing the Maine Star and it has driven me crazy from the start -- if somebody wrote a " how not to do it book" on this subject I would have done them all. I have often done more ripping than piecing.
I have a knack of thinking I have the color placement all figured out but 5 times out of 10 they finish in the wrong spots. I am using a lot of different colors and have fretted about what goes with what but am learning that all the colors are all playing nicely with each other. I think I compounded my trouble by trying to make each star look different instead of choosing basic colors and repeating them in the same place in each block.
Maybe a nap would help me too!
I'll be cheering for you to get this finished; it is beautiful and will be well worth the effort and frustration. Hopefully the pain will be quickly forgotten -- like childbirth.
I am doing the Maine Star and it has driven me crazy from the start -- if somebody wrote a " how not to do it book" on this subject I would have done them all. I have often done more ripping than piecing.
I have a knack of thinking I have the color placement all figured out but 5 times out of 10 they finish in the wrong spots. I am using a lot of different colors and have fretted about what goes with what but am learning that all the colors are all playing nicely with each other. I think I compounded my trouble by trying to make each star look different instead of choosing basic colors and repeating them in the same place in each block.
Maybe a nap would help me too!
I'll be cheering for you to get this finished; it is beautiful and will be well worth the effort and frustration. Hopefully the pain will be quickly forgotten -- like childbirth.
04-30-2011, 04:45 AM
#49
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Originally Posted by auntmag
PP drives me nuts. I think the results are beautiful, but the process bothers me.
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