Hello friends! Have you ever had a moment when you had to admit defeat? Last week I experienced such a moment. After spending months lusting over a spectacular Jacob's Tears quilt, I decided to make my own.
I played with fabric and figured out my color scheme.
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| fabric |
When I had a quiet moment, I cleared off the kitchen table (that was a feat in itself!) and started my calculations.
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| Hypotenuese |
Despite my careful calculations, and allowances for diagonal seams, my pattern wouldn't draft properly, and I was left with this.
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| Argh! |
So for the first time ever, I'm going to work from someone else's pattern. I have given up trying to draft my own pattern.
I've asked Santa for a special quilting book this year. I won't tell you the title yet. Let's cross our fingers and hope that I was nice enough to get this book. My intent is to read the pattern (and read the pattern all the way through, not just ooh and awww over the pictures), and diligently follow the pattern (which is going to be very tough for me).
happy thrifting everyone ;)
