You know, that part when you've made enough of the blocks to have worked out all the kinks and you know how they're going to look all put together? The part where you've just got to put your head down and crank out the rest of the blocks so you can move to the next step? That's where I often lose the battle to finish what I've started - not always, but often. Tell me I'm not the only one who struggles with this.
With five of my trees blocks completed, I went on a fabric cutting spree to get all of the remaining batches of leaves cut at once so when time allows I can keep my head down and sew, sew, sew. Here they are - 10 bunches of leaves-in-waiting...
And some spare parts just in case I have a change of heart about a certain color during the assembly process.
There are two more sets of leaf fabrics here than I'm going to need, but I decided making some extra blocks would be worth the extra work in the end. Those that don't make it to the quilt front will be pieced into the quilt back.
I've still got my joint project with Lorrie in the works, and I'm feeling the need for some Christmas cheer pillows for my family room, but I'm determined not to abandon these trees completely! They won't be finished this year, but they won't go back in the WIP pile either!
That's the kind of piecing I tend to do in bits and spurts in between other things... which means it drags on and on and on. Head-down you can at least plow through it fairly quickly!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, extra blocks are always a good idea. You don't know until they're on the design wall which seemingly innocent fabrics will rebel and refuse to play nice with the others.