Stupid Sylvia
04-04-2011, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Sarah CA
It is beautiful!! If you do the Dear Jane, or the Farmers Wife, or whatever, since they are so labor intensive, why don't you just do the quilt but ALLOW yourself to work on one other quilt in between the DJ or FW project? That way you will love it and also be able to do another quilt or two as you are working on the bigger project. Go ahead, give yourself permission, haha.
04-04-2011, 10:46 PM
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I can understand why you call this absolutely gorgeous quilt "Stupid Sylvia". The name appeals to my sense of quirkiness. As time passes & you look at "Stupid Sylvia", you will be so proud of your accomplishment & will smile at the frustration you went through.
The 1st time I made flying geese was for a mystery quilt There were a lot of them. I thought I'd go nuts making those geese. I named the quilt "Screw the Goose". It is now one of my favorite quilts & I'm glad I fought my way through them.
BTW My LQS has Sylvia's Bridal Quilt as a BOM with 4 blocks a month. That is a much easier way to go about this quilt as one block only takes me a couple of days (with my limited quilting time due to the fact that unfortunately I have to work LOL). I have time to work on other projects at the same time, so I don't get too frustrated with Sylvia.
I don't think I could have done what you did--choosing your own fabrics & working on it continuously. This BOM is great for me--fabrics & blocks to do are chosen for me each month. They started us out making the easier blocks, then working up to more challenging ones. It has been a great way for me to learn. I consider myself an advanced beginner or beginning intermediate quilter.
Stupid Sylvia is gorgeous. Pat yourself on the back!
The 1st time I made flying geese was for a mystery quilt There were a lot of them. I thought I'd go nuts making those geese. I named the quilt "Screw the Goose". It is now one of my favorite quilts & I'm glad I fought my way through them.
BTW My LQS has Sylvia's Bridal Quilt as a BOM with 4 blocks a month. That is a much easier way to go about this quilt as one block only takes me a couple of days (with my limited quilting time due to the fact that unfortunately I have to work LOL). I have time to work on other projects at the same time, so I don't get too frustrated with Sylvia.
I don't think I could have done what you did--choosing your own fabrics & working on it continuously. This BOM is great for me--fabrics & blocks to do are chosen for me each month. They started us out making the easier blocks, then working up to more challenging ones. It has been a great way for me to learn. I consider myself an advanced beginner or beginning intermediate quilter.
Stupid Sylvia is gorgeous. Pat yourself on the back!
04-04-2011, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Cuilteanna
Originally Posted by Momsmurf
How large are those blocks? They look tiny!
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