Monday, November 1, 2010

Denyse Schmidt is so wise

Today was another quilt sandwiching day at the Bailey house!  I got a pretty cool back made this weekend and since I had another in my long line of dental appointments this morning I took the whole day off and did some pin basting.  Does anyone else find making a pieced back more work than making the quilt top?  I basically have NO plan for the back and at least with the front I'm working with small squares and I know what I'm doing.  I try to use up all the scrap pieces and leftovers but trying to fit everything together is like a puzzle.  Plus you're working with looooong and wide pieces of fabric.  But anyways, I digress, the back is done and the binding is made so all I have to do is quilt now.  Eep!  My most scariest part. 



I was trying to rush to finish up this quilt for Amy's quilt festival this weekend and it was making it too much like work.  Then I was an inactive (shy) participant in a live chat with Denyse Schmidt on Twitter Saturday.  One thing Denyse said really stood out because it's so true for me. "As soon as a deadline is attached, just assume that it introduces a level of stress and may take some of the enjoyment away."  

I decided right then to take the deadline out of the equation and just relax.  I'll be taking my time on the quilting because I've got a  more involved pattern in mind.  I'm actually looking forward to working on it a little bit each evening after dinner.  Quilting gets pretty monotonous so I may have a little wine and Pandora involved.  Ahhhh .... sounds much better than hurrying to get it done last week.

Here's a little hint of the back

4 comments:

  1. Denyce Schmidt. How can one lady have so much cool factor? I hope you have good pain meds for your chompers!

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  2. That one decision you made will be the difference between enjoying the process of creating this quilt, and hating it. Way to go! And I'm really enjoying the sneak peeks - it's looking beautiful!

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  3. Man, that is such a tease just showing that teeny piece!! I love pieced backs but usually by that stage I just want the quilt finished and do a simple one.

    How did the dentist go? We were at the dental hospital with Chook yesterday and go back tomorrow for root canal treatment. Gah!

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  4. I'm a lazy back maker. I just sew all the same fabric together and go!

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