My July to-do list is insane. Stupidly insane. And given that all of next week will be taken up with me playing cafeteria lady for our church's VBS, I've got a lot to get done this coming week. I decided to get a "head start" by whipping up my blocks for this month's do.Good Stitches quilt. Our quilter for the month asked for red, pink, and aqua spiderweb blocks.
I have to say that I'm not a big fan of the way spiderweb quilts look. I know lots of people are into them but, as with dresdens, I'm gonna have to count myself out of that fan club. Sewing these blocks made me realize that I don't like MAKING spiderweb quilts either. (editor's note: I never blame my quilters for picking blocks I don't like. Other people in our circle were ecstatic about these! I'm just saying.) These two blocks took me FOUR HOURS. I'm a fast sewer usually, so for me this was the equivalent of fabric torture.
I really did like the colors together, though--gave me lots of ideas for future projects.
Anyway, one thing of a hundred checked off my list. YES!! Ha.
Sorry to hear these were such a chore to make, but they are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteFour hours is a long time! They are pretty but I get what you're saying about spiderweb quilts. The colour combo is great, too bad they take forever.
ReplyDeleteha, well at least you learned your lesson on 2 blocks! I made that Christmas tree skirt this time last year. Wowzers!
ReplyDeleteI have never tried a spiderweb block as I am not a fan of them either. I think I might have seen one or two I like. My July list is insane as well....who said summer was for relaxing???
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