This Beast is Finally Pieced!
 

Ever start something (quilt-wise) and then think, "What have I gotten myself into?" It seemed like a good idea to cut up my blue and brown scraps into pieces for these blocks... but the matching seams and piecing went on forever! This top was more work than any I have yet pieced. Thank goodness I got it finished. I like it but don't "love" it... just real happy it's in one piece, finally!

Well worth it so nice

It's beautiful and sure looks like a lot of work! You did a great job!

It came out really nice.

Lovely! What size is it? Where did you get the pattern? I can see this is depression era colors....

You did a wonderful job on it!!!

It's gorgeous. Maybe if you put it away for a while you'll love it when you see it again.

I love it! Good job on seeing it through!

well,it came out beautiful and well worth the effort put into it.

lovely scrappy. I don't know about anyone else, but I forget that brown is a color.

You did a very nice job on your quilt. Your color choices work well together. The two simple blocks make for an interesting quilt.

nicely done

I could have written this post! It's very similar to one I'm quilting at the moment and I made mine king sized. The piecing was a challenge for me too, so it's been 'fun' to quilt. I put mine together about 6 yrs ago and it's called The Natural. Great learning experience :). I like your quilt colours, it's a little brighter than mine I think. How will you quilt yours?

It's a beauty! You'll probably end up loving it when you step away from it for a while.

Beautiful! Any quilt that has to be put together with blocks that must have adjacent partners to complete the block is a real challenge for me. You did such a lovely job on it. I'd say once the quilt is finished with beautiful quilting you will love it again. What a labor of love.

You may not love it, but I do! Lovely quilt, great design, wonderfully scrappy.

Beautiful work and beautiful colors. Take a deep breath, step back, and give it another look. You can pat yourself on the back for this one. What an accomplishment!:thumbup:

its turned out great love the colors nice job!!!

I love brown, but I agree....sometimes it doesn't occur to me to use it in a quilt. Love these fabric choices. Great job.

This is a fantastic quilt! I'm glad you posted photos of it.

A wonderful scrappy! Come back to it after some time. Often after a big project I too think "its not so great " but then after the mental fatigue of the project clears .. I can see the beauty .

I really like this one!

Well, I LOVE it and I don't particularly like brown. Glad you are out from under the feeling that it is still hanging over you, but really a lovely quilt.

I think it was worth all the effort. It looks great!

I think it is beautiful! I really hope it 'grows' on you because it deserves to be loved and admired.

I think its beautiful! You did a good job!!

I bet you will like it after you quilt it! I was so-so on a scrappy trip around the world until I quilted it and then it was Wow it looks fantastic. I think you did a wonderful job piecing your quilt and the pattern is on my to do list as well.

Was thinking the same thing!

It's beautiful and once quilted I bet you will love it!

This top came out at 62" x 86"... big, for me. I didn't have a pattern. Just used scrap 2" squares for the 4 patches, and 4" squares for two HSTs, then trimmed them down to 3.5". You can arrange the block so that it will make either a Buckeye Beauty or a star... I did the star configuration. There's also another configuration called Jacob's Ladder. Very traditional... from before there were formal patterns.

I agree it would look lovely done in 30's feedsack reproductions!

I don't yet have a plan for the quilting. Any suggestions?

Thanks for all the positives, everyone! I think I will end up loving it once I put a nice 80/20 batting in it and get it quilted. If it looks good I'll show it again, finished.

What's not to love? It is beautiful.

Good job! The work was long and the quilt is beautiful.

That is a beautiful quilt. Great job!

Your quilt is awesome. Scrappy yet organized. You just need to look at it everyday and you will appreciate it more and more! Thanks for sharing it with all of us

I just love scrap quilts and yes they sometimes a pain to make because of the placement of the pieces but oh do they turn out nice.

It looks awesome

Nice quilt and kudos for hanging in there to complete it! There should be a special category for"like but not love" quilts!

It is very pretty seems like the harder the work the more beautiful the quilt. That's what I think anyway. I like it a lot.