So what kind of idiot am I??? Sons, put down yours hands; that was a rhetorical question.
I’m up to my armpits in UFOs, and so of course I joined in Judy Laquidara’s Quilt For An Hour project, which started Monday. Another new project. And it always takes me more than an hour to do the day’s allotted tasks. I’m not the first person done either when I take classes, so I can assume I am a slow sewer. I like to think I’m just enjoying the journey.
After I chose my fabrics from my stash for this quilt, I started thinking that approx. 60 x 80 is more like a big throw size than a bed size (at least at my house), and I don’t think many people’s living rooms are the colors I chose (raspberry, turquoise, gray, blue). I know — I’ll make it BIGGER!!! And so I did, like Judy’s larger example with 12 of the big blocks instead of six big blocks. Now my Quilt For An Hour is more like Quilt For Four Hours.
Also, when I decided to make it larger, I realized I wouldn’t have enough fabric for the darker background. I hunted high and low in my stash, but I didn’t have enough of anything that would work. So I went shopping! In my defense, I went to Mill End and found a lovely gold that leans almost to a Creamsicle color. Two bucks a yard (with one of those precious coupons out of the Sunday paper). I think it actually works better than the gray-blue I originally chose. The colors pop more against the gold. DH and DS#1 will like it better too, because when I get the purple border on it, it will be leaning towards Vikings colors.
These blocks are fun and quick to make. The cutting is a little putzy, because usually I do all my cutting in the beginning of the project. I could see myself making this quilt again. Different colors/fabric patterns would really change the look of it. I have some reds/oranges/yellows that might look pretty good. I hope Judy sets up Mr. Linky or Photo Bucket so we can see everybody’s color selections and their progress.
–Sue
