Thank you so much to everyone who weighed in on my “Rhapsody in Blue” quilt fabric crisis.
I really needed and appreciated all of your input. It helped me feel grounded to continue this project as it could have easily have gone down the UFO path! 🛸
So when I arranged and rearranged the two different print fabric nine patch blocks that create the Irish chain, it just kept bugging me they didn’t match.
I didn’t feel a scrappy vibe from using just two different floral prints and even contemplated adding a third print (Loud inner-voice: Nooooo please don’t go there!)
So final decision: I started over. Now, I have almost all of the blocks made and cut and soon will assembling the rows 😀
This pattern is quick and assembly line easy, so I decided to (not) cut my losses and use the extra nine patch blocks of the original fabric as many of you suggested, to make something else.
I learned for my next future “big quilt project”:
- First, have all the fabric needed for the quilt.
- Going back and forth really just makes your head hurt and can waste precious sewing time.
- Either way, your choice is fine.
and *Step away! I took a break and had so much fun finishing my crazy patchwork fabric project. Here are my little Valentine heart pillow gifts. They make my heart sing 🎶
This one, however, is a keeper!
Thanks again and Happy V-Day to you! 💝 ~Abbie 💫
I’m linking up with Powered by Quilting’s Friday Foto Fun and JANDA Bend Quilts Pieceful Sunday.
Sounds like you figured out a good solution, Abbie! I love your little hearts too, they are so sweet!
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Aww, thanks so much Wendy 💕
It was, at last, a solution so that made me feel better 😉
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That makes it all worth it then!
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Yes, you’re right! 😊
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Yes that one is definitely a keeper. Sometimes I dither as well and sometimes it takes me so long to make/finish a quilt that I find I’ve used some part of the fabric in something else whoops!
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Thanks Lisa! I know..whoops! I bought some fabric specifically for a binding and half of it has recently gone missing 😋
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Oh I love the cat-filled crazy heart. So cute. I’m glad you made a decision on the floral. Now what will you do with the left-behinds?
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Thanks Sandy 😊 Good question! Some suggestion were table runner or placemats, Since I have enough blocks though, probably make a lap quilt, though they may be neglected for awhile 😔 lol
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I can’t wait to see how you arrange the blocks. That inner voice sometimes me crazy, but I find it better to listen.🙃Your Valentine hearts are adorable! Happy Valentine’s Day!❤️
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Thanks Chela! Me too 🤪
Happy ❤️ Day to you!
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I absolutely LOVE your crazy quilt hearts!!! You are ready for Valentine’s Day now❤️❤️
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Thank You Tracy, my inspiration to make them! 💕 😊
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You were smart – you knew you did not like making it scrappy and you decided this early on – so you started over to make something you do like! Hey we have all started pieces without enough fabric only to discover later (sometimes much later or too late!) :-)
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Oh and I love the hearts!
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💕Thanks Tierney, me too… It’s a little hard to part with them 😉
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The hearts are adorable! I love your solution and sometimes we have to do what our heart loves and not go a way that doesn’t feel comfortable. I am sure you will find a use for those blocks!
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Thank you Kathleen and yes, you are so right! 😊
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Love your little Valentines cushions, Abbie, they’re adorable. It would be a lovely project to do with beginners. I’m always looking out for such projects since my eldest daughter got a sewing machine for Christmas!!
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Thanks Sandra
Oh that’s wonderful, she has the sewing gene I bet! This is perfect for beginners, no pattern or seams to match up, just playing with pieces of fabric 😀
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