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| Score #5 |
Score #5 has been very challenging on several different fronts. For one, I don't tend to follow directions very well so no real surprise when I immediately bogged down with the 'formula'. No problem, I just used the pictures as a guide. Yeah, well, I got it all wrong right away but decided to just forge ahead regardless.
That brought me up to the permeable borders which are a really important part of this quilt. Right off the bat I realized that my quilt was far too short for adding on the proper proportion of the would-be borders. Ugghh.. So I packed it up for a time and then much later, on a whim late one evening {the main reason there is no progress pics}, decided to tackle the quilt again. Amazing how working across the bottom, in a horizontal path, made it all seem so much more 'doable'. Something to remember in the future.
Then finally, I girded up my loins one day and pushed on with the border area. The left side went together so quickly it felt like a joke. Then the right side? Not so easy. It didn't need to be identical and in fact, like the original quilt portrayed, I didn't even want the fabrics to repeat very much. Using the floral fabric, which felt like a fantastic idea in theory, made the balancing act all the more precarious. Needless to say, that side took a whole lot longer than the other before I felt satisfied that it all sort of 'worked' and played nicely with each other.
Not having a large design wall definitely intensified my struggles. Not being able to follow directions very well for sure complicated things, gave me obstacles to overcome in the piecing and 'flow'. Working in random times and not keeping on top of it interrupted the flow too. I'm actually sort of surprised this is now a completed quilt top. Yay for the determined quilter! And yes, I have straightened and neatened this quilt top since taking pictures. Not squared it, no, that may be impossible--but tidied it for sure. Now it's on to the other one still in the works. Can't be giving up on the improv.!
5 comments:
Well done for persisting until you had a finish. I think the quilts that are the hardest to get right are the ones where we are learning the most.
I know how hard this score can be. It looks so easy but takes lots of time and thought. I'm glad you worked through this one to a lovely finish. As you and Kaja said, the tough ones teach us the most.
Like yourself I don't read too much detail , or take it in . Then I wonder why it all goes awry. But the good thing about improv is you can sort of make it up as you go along
Thanks guys! This score definitely was harder than it looked, at least for me. I just think these sorts of challenges are good for long term results and yes, the ongoing learning curve. When things start to get too 'easy' then I tend to get worried that I'm just coasting.:)
Maps or not. Your top convergence is looking good.
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