I now have 2195 hexies basted. Only about 600 to go! SO crazy to be so close. I've sewn together about 130 flowers. I started to piece parts of the quilt top together and that was SO exciting. I worked on it for an entire day and in my head I was kicking ass and taking names. So I had the brilliant idea to lay them all out and see just how far I had to go....
Yikes. Turns out I have a long long ways to go- the part I spent all that time working on is the corner by her foot! It turns out I have to think a lot more about the lay out than I expected, or I end up with too many partial flowers. (And to be fair, the area with flowers on the final quilt will actually be inside this frame, I'm doing a border of white that will be approximately where this outline is, but it's not basted so I had to lay out flowers.)
My goal was to finish by her birthday this year, which would give me 7 more months. Seems a bit impossible from here, but it's not a goal if it's easy, right?
See? Laying out all those hexies totally motivated you! And you got the cute picture with The Princess. Mine are currently sitting in a heap by my bed. Making me feel guilty. Maybe next month I'll pick them up again.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I always enjoyed quilting, but I haven't touched it in years, so I live through others. :)
ReplyDeleteI have about 60 more flowers for my grandmother flower quilt. I have been working on and off with it for 5 years. I have a goal of finishing it this year, hopefully. I like your color choices for the fabrics. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!
ReplyDeletePretty in pink - what a great gift for your daughter!
ReplyDeleteLooks good! Little by little it'll come together.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be so beautiful!
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