Getting started.

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I read a comment by a quilter saying the hardest part sometimes is getting started. You have the pattern and a collection of fabrics. But…does this colour go with this colour? Is this too busy? etc. etc.

That is where I am right now. I want to make a small quilt for a good neighbour. I am not sure of their decorating style but want to keep it relatively simple and ’elegant’ as opposed to totally scrappy, but I don’t want to go shopping for fabric. I have two good choices for the main fabric but it is the two or three other pieces that have me waffling. I have been going through possibilities for several days and have decided to just get on with it and start cutting. But…but…

Do you ’suffer’ this problem?

Theresa

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loisflan

last month

Good idea. You can’t force creativity. Sometimes you just have to walk away from it for a while. It will come to you eventually.

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nannykins
Original Author
last month
I was really bogged down on what I thought I was going to cut today, so put that project on the back burner and did the cutting for a totally different quilt. Much simpler, less head scratching.

Theresa
msmeow
last month
😁
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colleenoz
last month
You could get sneaky and ask the neighbour next time you see her for her opinion on the fabric choices. Say you’re struggling to decide what goes together best and you need an outside opinion 😉
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nannykins
Original Author
last month
This is the quilt that was made while I am still puzzling over the one to be made as a gift.

It could easily qualify as a ’quilt in a day’, but my days seem to last much longer.

It is also a three yard quilt. It went together quite easily, it just took me a lot longer than I hoped. I found the printed fabric in a bin while looking for something else.

Now to clean up the sewing area before I start something else. it is going to be blistering hot this week, so maybe I should stay in the cooler basement and be productive.

Tomorrow is our 72nd anniversary!! Nothing planned.

Theresa
colleenoz
last month
That’s a really nice quilt!

Congratulations on your 72nd anniversary! That’s an impressive milestone. I hope you have a lovely day.
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polardream1954
last month
WOW! 72 years is amazing. Congratulations to you.

That is a fun quilt - I like the neutral colors.

Sue
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msmeow
last month
Nice quilt, Theresa! Isn’t it fun to find a use for fabric you’ve had for a while?

Happy anniversary and congratulations!
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loisflan
last month
Theresa, your quilt turned out great. You just keep coming up with the nicest patterns.

What a milestone - 72 years! Happy anniversary. Just for fun, I googled the longest marriage. It's for David and Sarah Hiller who were married for just short of 89 years in the 1800's.
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Char
last month
Happy Anniversary, Theresa!!! Sorry I am a bit late. Hope you had a very nice day together.

That's a very nice pattern, I like it!
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