My brain hurts. I have been scrappy and wonky for so long that this month's bee block really strained my brain. The block is beautiful, but I was really stressed out about putting all those HST in the right place. The construction isn't challenging, per se, but you do have to pay attention. Isn't this the SWOON block? There was a time when I thought I'd like to make one. Well, I can cross that off my list. Making a whole quilt of these blocks would send me off the deep end. How smart of her to make this her Bee Block - have everyone else make the blocks for you. Genius!
My quilt is home from the fair. Now I can finish up the quilting and just admire it. I wish it were just a tad bit bigger so I could have it on my bed. It is 77" square (well, kinda square), and it covers the top of my queen sized bed, but if either I or my husband were to roll over, the other one would be left out in the cold.
Oh well. I have a scrappy green and cream quilt I've been working on for years that is probably big enough to cover my bed. I must finish it - I can't go through another winter without a quilt on my bed - it just isn't RIGHT! Of course, I've said that before. This post from 2009 references the fact that I started quilting this quilt for myself years before and hadn't finished yet, and that was three years ago!
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| I hosted a quilting bee at my house back in 2004 or 2005 - that's how long ago I started this quilt. Time to finish it, wouldn't you say? |
