For the past few weeks, I've been discussing how I'm making slow, but steady progress on a small handful of projects, one chain-pieced element at a time.
This weekend, my patience reached a breaking point. Time to get serious and put a couple nearly-done items to bed.
I started with Five projects in the chain-piecing, slow-moving train.
First up. . . . Sewing the on-point blocks into rows and rows and rows was creating a holy mess on my sewing machine with each end-to-end step in the multi-project sequence.
It came down to about 4 or 5 more seams, plus the borders. An hour or two on Saturday and a determined sit-down at the sewing machine and the top was done.
As long as I put the chain-piecing aside temporarily. I cut all the block borders for the Iceland project and got down to busy.
The wool applique blocks were finally finished.
I decided on a layout (long and skinny this time).
Then I added the border-sewing into the chain-piecing queue.
I ran out of patience, focused on just these blocks and bordered up all the blocks in a wink.
Borders added.
I still need to sew the blocks together, but want to have the blocks separate for pattern writing.
I consider this 'close enough' . . . Four is now Three
The cute dalmation project is next. Four blocks to go. Yesterday morning, I set aside everything else to concentrate on these last four blocks. With a singular focus, I'd like to think that these blocks will be finished and will be a complete quilt top in short order.
Then I can get back to chain-piecing the 'forever' projects. Three to be TWO.
. . . and maybe add another to the sequence.
This is a common development for me. Whenever a project reaches the stage where I can see, feel, and 'taste' the end of the project, I get an itch to get it done. When you work a little on everything, a lot of nothing gets done.
Most of the time, that's okay. Every once in a while, I like to hit the gas to the finish line.
Didn't mention the quilting, did I? . . .That'll come.
Happy Stitching!
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