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I'm really struggling with this quilt top. 30 blocks that are EXACTLY the same. I'm 14 blocks into it and I'm bored. I guess I like sampler quilts/non-traditional quilts where there is variety? Here's the preview -- super rough blocks, but I need 16 more!! ugh. |
You can DO it!! They are beautiful! You will be SO pleased with yourself if you can finish it!
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have you ever tried 'factory' style - do all of one step for all, then go to step 2, etc...
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i know the feeling.....i just finished blocks for a quilt..8" blocks and i needed 63 for lap quilt.....i quit at 56 LOL i got bored with the repetition too
yours are really nice.....keep going! |
Oh please stick with it. Your colors are so yummy. At least you are doing the blocks with different colors to break it up a touch. Think of it this way, you are almost half way there!
But I too get bored with repetition. I am currently working on the PP border for my sawtooth cat quilt and it is getting a bit tedious. But I am sticking with it. I have other projects to help break up the monotony, like a handquilting project downstairs and pretty soon something on the longarm. I think it helps to have more than one project going at a time. But usually I have concurrent project in different stages. I try to stick with piecing one project until that piecing is done. But have been known to break up the piecing with a quickie, like a block swap on this board, or sewing up some crumb blocks or working on a scrap log cabin that is has been off and on for years. Mostly due to needing to build up the scraps and cut them into the needed logs. |
Yawn, I'm with you. I love traditional quilts, but my attention span is that of a gnat. Those blocks sure are pretty though.
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those are beautiful blocks. Keep it up - it will turn out lovely.
If you like variety, try the Dear Jane. Trust me, after a while you'll really want to go back to "a few of the same" :D |
Originally Posted by mommamac
have you ever tried 'factory' style - do all of one step for all, then go to step 2, etc...
i cut all the pieces out in october. put the pieces for each block in a seperate baggie. now i'm sewing the blocks together. when i get 10 finished i trim all the extra thread, iron, and square up those ten. then i start on another 10. -- it's a break i desperately need. i'm going to go force myself to work on this. the sooner i get it done the sooner i can send it to charismah to get it quilted!! :D :lol: :D 8-) :D |
Keep going! You are almost half way there. Your colors are great!
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You're almost half way! But I know the feeling.... I was working on one that needed 49 blocks and I set it aside for a while. When I started back again about six months later the blocks were not the same size. I think I had gotten a new machine by then and I cut the strips the wrong size too.
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