Perseverance is a quality I fully expect many quilters to embrace and I am no exception. I have, however, noticed a change in my approach. There was a time when I would slap something together and call it good enough. Now, I find that I am challenging myself a little more to redo what I'm not happy with and only if the fabric is on the verge of disintegrating, do I call it good enough.
This has led to a couple of items that I wanted to update you on. First is a guild mystery that you saw in the last blog post. This time, we've assembled two blocks and added an edge to them. The blocks and edges were upwards of four times before I was satisfied with what I created.
Now that this month's clue is done, I turn back to the machine quilting I've been procrastinating on. I'm determined to not only finish the stitch-in-the-ditch work I'm doing on the Loon quilt, but I'm linking up with Elm Street Quilts to try again this month to finish quilting this prior year mystery.
I received a bundle of thread for Christmas so I plan on embellishing the quilt with additional ruler quilting and free motion quilting. I could certainly use the practice for both, and I'm inspired to give it a real effort.
As if that isn't enough on my plate, I have just signed up for two additional quilting adventures. I'm going to be taking a class with Krista Moster (www.kristamoser.com) that I am really looking forward to, AND, I'm joining in on Angela Walter's upcoming Free Motion Flora and Fauna challenge! More on that in the posts to come.
I'm ramping up my quilting and my blogging, so it should be a fun season to follow along.
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