There is nice progress being made on this quilt started years ago. Just a few more areas to go before starting on the borders. Except - I am taking out quilting on the green stars - not the one shown here but the first ones I did.
I'm a big believer in that the Universe takes care of quilting bobbles, that they add to the story and texture of the quilt. But this looked really bad, and I knew when I was quilting it that the design just wasn't right. And I kept right on, thinking that because of the nature of the block that was the best I could do.
Somewhere toward the middle of the quilt I realized that there was a better way, and now I am taking out stitches, wishing that I'd just skipped those green stars that I knew weren't right. Taking out involves the trusty seam ripper, snips, tweezers, and time. Lots of time. This is a hard lesson, and I hope I've learned it.
This quilt has a story for another day and I really want it to look nice.
Thinking of lots of time - have you heard the Appalachian saying, "What's time to a hog?" There's even a long-ago song by The Dillards:
What's a Nobel Prize to a toad
Or a fiddle to a frog
What's time to a hog
And everybody knows that hogs don't worry
It seems to me
We could figure it out
Be the kind of person you can be
Well it seems to me
That's what it's all for
1 comment:
I had a quilt and it was almost finished. a comment from someone- that I hadn't done something right
or whatever. but it bothered me as the comment came from an excellent quilter.
So I took it apart. I started over. It was worth the trouble.
And the look on that woman's face........priceless. Always best to admit a mistake and correct it.
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