After 3.5 years I have finally completed my bargello top. The reason for the delay was because of three underlying factors:
1. I didn't follow my instructions properly.
2. I ran out of base fabric and had to order via an America site.
3. Motivation was zip at the end.
So I guess the moral of the story is, read your instructions twice, even three times; measure twice and cut once and for the motivation put on some zippity-do-dah music to crank things up!
On completing I sang (badly) the tune below a couple of times, because quite proudly, I was full of joy :)
- Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
Op’ning to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
Drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day!
So, here is my beginners attempt at quilting. I went to two, three hour classes on the basics of quilting. The teacher was so great, Jan from Culverden. She basically let us loose on our sample 12" squares and let rip. Naturally for starters I began small and very slow, but as the day progressed I got a bit bigger with curls and swirls, but it was hard to let loose. It's only now when I look at a quilt I can actually appreciate the art of the quilting and imagination, flair and talent that goes into completing such masterpieces. I can only admire from afar. Let the good times roll!
Sometimes in life you get so busy creating you forget that you also have a blog to write up every now and then.... So here I am watching 'One born every minute' and listening to one of the cats snoring! This is just to let you know I have not stopped my blogging, but need a huge neon coloured pink post-it note saying "blog now!". More soon.
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