I worked on my final project for Project quilting. The theme was triangles. Unfortunately I didn't get the project done on time - it still isn't done - there were a couple of reason why it didn't get finished.
First I had a hard time deciding on a pattern - this time I didn't have trouble with ideas, the trouble was that I had too many ideas and didn't know which one to pick. They were all wonderful in my mind. I finally decided to to start on a twisted triangle log cabin quilt. I even colored my layout and started picking out fabrics, but as I was laying the paper piecing patterns on the wall, I decided I wanted to make the quilt a lap sized quilt and I knew I couldn't complete that that in the amount of time I had left.
So I went to plan two, Pythagoras' Lute. It has ten paper pieced wedges. I thought to myself, "Surely I can knock that out in two and half days, it's only 10 wedges." I reasoned that the piecing would take the longest, but once that was done I could do some simple quilting and still make the deadline for Project Quilting.
Well, when I got the pattern I found each wedge was made of 16 smaller pieces. I small snag, but I still had hope. The first part was slow going. I was switching between the ten different fabrics for each tiny piece and cutting small pieces here and there from bigger chunks and trying to line up the pattern to make sure I was doing it right. Then I realized I printed the pattern wrong (sizing issue) and had to scrap the whole first half of one wedge. Then I started the same process again with right sized templates. I was beginning to think I had bitten off more than I could chew, but as the clock got closer to midnight I finally had an epiphany.
There are five color combinations, and each color combination is done twice, but the second one is done in reverse. I realized I could take one color combo and complete all the pieces at once and then move on to the next color combo. My piecing went much faster after that, but bedtime was looming and I had to get up at 6 am to get to my first day of BIO lab.
--This term is my last college term. I am taking Bio 101, the lab to go with it, and my last business class. When these classes are over I will finally have my bachelors degree!--
I had planned to sew the rest of the Saturday after my bio lab and knock out the top, and quilt it up early Sunday morning, but my Bio Lab ended early. You would think that would give me more time to quilt, but that wasn't the case.
My family had planned a trip to visit the in-laws that same weekend, but they had to leave by 1pm in time to get to a planned event. That meant I couldn't go because I wouldn't get home from my lab class till after 2pm or later. But since my lab ended at 10:30 (that included my lab partner meeting afterward) instead of 12:30, I suddenly found myself free to go with the family. I rushed home, packed up my stuff and headed out of town.
I didn't get home till midnight Sunday night, so needless to say I didn't get my last project done for project quilting, But that is ok. We hadn't seen some of our relatives in almost a year and it was definitely worth it to see them. I am still excited to finish Pythagoras' Lute, but it will have to turn into a UFO for the awhile. There are other quilty items that are due first. I don't think I will put this one in a bin though. The ones that go in bins seem to stay a UFO the longest. I shall keep it on the desk in a corner to remind me to keep it on the current to do list.
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