jetnica

So,

I'm really struggling with this quilt top.

30 blocks that are EXACTLY the same. I'm 14 blocks into it and I'm bored.

I guess I like sampler quilts/non-traditional quilts where there is variety?

Here's the preview -- super rough blocks, but I need 16 more!!

ugh.

RatherB Quilting

You can DO it!! They are beautiful! You will be SO pleased with yourself if you can finish it!

mommamac

have you ever tried 'factory' style - do all of one step for all, then go to step 2, etc...

KimmieH

i know the feeling.....i just finished blocks for a quilt..8" blocks and i needed 63 for lap quilt.....i quit at 56 LOL i got bored with the repetition too

yours are really nice.....keep going!

feline fanatic

Oh please stick with it. Your colors are so yummy. At least you are doing the blocks with different colors to break it up a touch. Think of it this way, you are almost half way there!

But I too get bored with repetition. I am currently working on the PP border for my sawtooth cat quilt and it is getting a bit tedious. But I am sticking with it. I have other projects to help break up the monotony, like a handquilting project downstairs and pretty soon something on the longarm. I think it helps to have more than one project going at a time. But usually I have concurrent project in different stages. I try to stick with piecing one project until that piecing is done. But have been known to break up the piecing with a quickie, like a block swap on this board, or sewing up some crumb blocks or working on a scrap log cabin that is has been off and on for years. Mostly due to needing to build up the scraps and cut them into the needed logs.

Chele

Yawn, I'm with you. I love traditional quilts, but my attention span is that of a gnat. Those blocks sure are pretty though.

Jennifer22206

those are beautiful blocks. Keep it up - it will turn out lovely.

If you like variety, try the Dear Jane. Trust me, after a while you'll really want to go back to "a few of the same" :D

jetnica

lol that's where I'm at now.

i cut all the pieces out in october. put the pieces for each block in a seperate baggie.

now i'm sewing the blocks together.

when i get 10 finished i trim all the extra thread, iron, and square up those ten.

then i start on another 10. -- it's a break i desperately need.

i'm going to go force myself to work on this. the sooner i get it done the sooner i can send it to charismah to get it quilted!! :D :lol: :D 8-) :D

kathdavis

Keep going! You are almost half way there. Your colors are great!

charmpacksplus

You're almost half way! But I know the feeling.... I was working on one that needed 49 blocks and I set it aside for a while. When I started back again about six months later the blocks were not the same size. I think I had gotten a new machine by then and I cut the strips the wrong size too.