"Bored now."

Now you know how I feel about these whirligigs - all 120 or so of them!.
Gird those loins, give it all you've got and keep on going....now to remind
myself to do the same!

--
Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html

"the black rose" wrote in message
...
Making a quilt for my youngest son, it's a whooooooooole lotta 15"
mariner's compasses, I've gotta pic of one at
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...43983978WWVbdx . My
original plan was to applique them into 16.5" squares, and set the
squares on point, 4 rows of 3 alternating with 3 rows of 2 (which equals
18 compasses).

I've made 5, and now I'm bored. *Now* I realize I should have varied
the colors I used, but I wasn't thinking. This many compasses, that
many strips of this fabric, this many strips of that fabric, yada yada,
it's all pre-cut now (I was being efficient), and the strips are
different widths (1.5", 1.75", 2.25") so I can't just mix and match.

Do I struggle through the rest of the 18 compasses, or do I throw
caution to the winds (and the precut strips into my scrap stash) and
improvise? Five compasses is enough to do *something* with.... just
make some nice wide borders or something, or maybe take some of the
strips and make some other kind of block to set with the compasses.

Or I *could* gird my loins, grit my teeth, turn on the TV and just keep
sewing. And it'll be an awesome quilt if I do.

*sigh* Decisions, decisions....

--
the black rose, wench with a wrench
proud to be owned by a yorkie
http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts