String quilt conundrum!
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Cute, fun quilt!! It will be lovely when you have it completed and you should be very proud of the terrific accomplishment.
I agree with Zozee and Rose_P Sometimes we just have to let our project settle in our mind's eye for awhile. May take longer than projects but the results will make us feel better and that we made good choices.
I agree with Zozee and Rose_P Sometimes we just have to let our project settle in our mind's eye for awhile. May take longer than projects but the results will make us feel better and that we made good choices.
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I love your string quilt. Over thinking a scrappy quilt takes the fun out of the process for me, my opinion. My OCD tendancies comes with the construction of the project rather than the color or block placement. The beauty of scrappy to me is that everything works. Scrappy is just as the name describes. Look at the beauty of the Gees Bend quilts. No rhyme nor reason but it works.
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I rarely do scrappy because I am 'color challenged'. What pleases me is often not pleasing to others. No problem. I give my scraps away. Sooner or later the scraps either make a quilt or are used as stuffing in animal beds.
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Reading these posts makes me realize I don't have OCD nor am I color challenged. I just lay them out they way they come and enjoy them as they are. Doesn't bother me in the least and I am happy to have used at least some of the fabrics from my scrap pile. I did have a friend once that sounded like some of those who have posted and once I got her to let go, grab whatever came out of the bag and sew it, she has gone to the "dark" side and enjoys the freedom. So bottom line: try it, you might just like letting go and let scrap happen:-)
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Letting it "cook" is really important for me. If numbering and replacing everything is overwhelming, maybe you could pin the blocks to your bed cover and gently roll it up for the night and use something else to sleep under. It just needs to cook until you're happy with it. Maybe don't even look at it for a week or two. It will seem much less complicated after awhile, and you'll be able to look at it more objectively. It will be a wonderful quilt no matter how you arrange those blocks - really!
And that's how I'll approach this, which, in fact, someone here suggested. If it "jumps out at you" it may be wrong or in the wrong place or too much. I'm probably never going to be completely happy with the inner triangles -- the hourglass -- but there's no help for that. They are not all the same size and I'm not going to rip and re-sew anything at this stage. Also, I note that some other string quilts also have that issue, so my attitude will be: if they can do it, so can I!
This has been a fun discussion. It's great for me to learn how others work and what bugs them and how they solve it. String quilts may not be for me......or at least the next one will be more "planned" -- which probably defeats the purpose, but, oh well. LOL.
Thanks again to everyone who commented! And for the compliments. This was just an effort to use up scraps and get back to quilt making and sewing in general, which I'd not done much of since last spring, though I did make pillowcases and little cosmetic bags, and rice filled heating pads as Christmas gifts.
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