Once upon a time, many months ago, I started a quilt.
This quilt. A starry one.
I got as far as pinning it all together ready to quilt. But then I lost heart in it and put it away.
Why?
I am a good starter and a terrible finisher. I doubt my own abilities – and I suffer from fear of failure. I tend to sail through patchwork – and stall at quilting.
I know from others’ hushed confessions of WIP piles and project graveyards that I am not the only one.
But no longer is this particular WIP languishing in my cupboard of shame. With my newly-acquired walking foot wisdom, it is being resurrected…
I took all the pins out, pressed everything, dug a roll of masking tape out of the loft, and rolled back the rug.
Once sandwiched with the wadding and quilt top, I got it all pinned up.
And off I – and my walking foot – went. Woo hoo!
There is something deeply satisfying about overcoming a fear. Even of something as silly as a bit of sewing…
I got about three quarters of the way through the quilting before it was time to stop and take lad to his guitar lesson. Not bad for one afternoon, if I do say so myself.
I haven’t put my semi-resurrected quilt away. I’m not tempting fate.
That flippin’ cupboard eats quilts.
In fact, I have another finished quilt top somewhere, ripe for resurrection…
If only I can find it. ♥
It’s so pretty, thank goodness you got it out! You absolutely must finish it! I’m always thinking I need to do an unfinished sewing project challenge or something. I never quite finish most of my sewing projects. Xxx
I’m actually going through a bit of a creative “dry patch” at the moment, so I thought I’d finish off some projects just to keep me sewing until some new inspiration begins to emerge!
So what WAS the problem with your walking foot that made it misbehave so badly? You seem to be very happy with it now, and you have indeed made very good progress. It’s going to be a very fresh and pretty quilt.
I really don’t know Kate! I’m using the same wadding, so it wasn’t that. This quilt is made mainly from a polycotton-blend, so it is a bit lighter and smoother than the cotton and linens in the previous quilt, which reduces dragging as you sew. But other than that I am none the wiser!
It’s beautiful!
love the fabrics you chose
It’s gorgeous! I’m so in awe of people who can quilt – it looks so complicated and fiddly – I wouldn’t have a clue where to start! You must be feeling rightly very pleased with yourself! Another friend was singing the praises of a walking foot just the other day as well – I must investigate more!
This quilt was well worth finishing. Gorgeous.
Beautiful … I wish I didn’t have the quilting fear … it’s the bain of many of my wips … Bee xx