With 139
crochet flowers finished (but not yet joined - but that's another story), my hands have been itching for another just-for-me project. Something without a deadline, something that I can easily pick up for a few minutes and come back to when I'm ready...
So I think I'm going to.... wait for it mum.... attempt my first quilt.
Now, I have to be honest with you. The thought of cutting out all those pieces to an exact size makes me break out in a sweat. The idea of all that sewing in a straight line shortens my breath, and my biggest fear of all, is combining colours and patterns. That notion just about brings on a panic attack. And we won't even discuss the actual quilting involved after the quilt top is done.
So instead,
this is my inspiration, I want to make a yoyo quilt. I love to make yoyos, and I can get the benefit of texture without actual quilting. I have a bolt of a gorgeous aqua fabric that I bought with another idea in mind that has since been cast aside. So I'm thinking of working in a simple palette of aqua and red.
So how about you? Do you quilt? Any advice for a novice?
The project is a piece-a-day-for-a-year type project and I've been scared of committing to a start date. I'm thrilled by the size and duration, but terrified of it at the same time. A few previously planned start dates have been and gone... I need to just begin. I need to commit. I need to commit for all my mum's group friends who have been saving and storing jars for me. I need to commit for my husband who has been very good to not complain (too much) about having to step around boxes of empty baby food jars or to ask even once when I was going to start. I need to commit for me, for a creative project that isn't business related. So commit I will. Monday. This coming. The "Wish a Day" project will begin.
