Well, ok, it won't be as dramatic as all that. But I was so excited to find a whole world of people who quilt, and who love the process as much as I do. I never thought I would start a blog, so this is a big step for me. Computers turn me off at times because they can be impersonal. However, I have been so impressed with the blogs I have been seeing, I thought I would give it a try. I also cannot believe all the give-aways... there are some really generous people out there. I am glad to be part of this. It is like getting a quilting magazine in the mail every day.
Right now I am working on quite a few quilts. I am making a large block Hex quilt, I am having a hard time getting the hexagon sides to lay flat. This is the first time I have tried set in seams. Also, I stubbornly decided to do a template instead of using the English piecing method, so as of this AM I was thoroughly stuck on how to get one of the half hex blocks to work ( I can't get the middle parallelogram piece to stop being shorter than the sides. On the big blocks there is a full hexagon in the middle, on these pieces just a half hexagon). However, as luck would have it, I had an epiphany in the shower this morning (again not as exciting as one would think) that I should add an entire hexagon to the half, similar to how I did the full blocks, and then cut the extra off. That makes total sense to me. (But probably not to anyone else.) I am also working on a Halloween quilt, a Bubbles quilt, and I have a Yo Yo quilt in mind . I found some yo-yos at an antique shop and so I triumphantly carried the five plastic baggies full to the front, convinced someone would snatch them from me. No one did. So, I don't actually have to make the yo yos. Yo Yo's look a tad fussy to me. So now I can use someone elses. Whoo-hoo!
Anyway, I am excited to start blogging and I hope to figure out how to post pictures of my projects soon. Let me know if any of you out there have also had some quilting epiphanies lately!
Welcome to the world of blogging!!! You have taken the first big step. I hope you will be able to share photos of what you are working on - they sound very interesting! My quilting epipanies usually come to me late at night and then I can't remember them come morning - lol!
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