Friday, June 18, 2010

Quilt Along - Week 2

We got back from our vacation last night. It was an amazing vacation, but to say I was obsessed with the quilt along while I was gone would be an understatement. Needless to say, as soon as I got a few minutes this morning, I started cranking out this week's assignment. Even though I finished the block, I haven't finished the assignment, because I only sewed two pairs of strips together, just so I could get this done. Hey, I do have a lot of laundry and unpacking to do! But at least I'm satisfied with seeing some results!

So here it is - the center block for the quilt!



Not bad, although it's not perfect, and I'm really trying to not obsess about that. After I sewed the 4-patch together, and saw that the corners didn't line up, I ripped out the seam and tried again. It's better than it was, but they still didn't line up. But I told myself not to rip out the seam again, and to just leave it be. I need to be happy with "it's good enough." I also didn't allow myself to obsess about which fabrics to choose for the center block. So I picked, changed my mine once, and that was it. If I obsess about these "little" things, I'll never finish it.

3 comments:

  1. Kelly,
    It looks great. I love the orange solid. I am in the same boat as yourself when it comes to the obsession to make everything perfect. I am trying to work on that myself, but to no avail, I will rip it out, over and over...I have been known to rip out half of an afghan because I found an error. We can work on this together. I hope you had a lovely vacation.

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  2. What's not perfect? Where? I think it looks great!!
    You're right, though, that if you nit-pick everything, you'll never finish. And the imperfections will LITERALLY wash away with time and washing and love.
    I'm excited for you as you go through this process!

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  3. It looks awesome! Cami will treasure it for life!

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