Chugging along

It is my goal to have this quilt top finished and ready for quilting by the time I head back to school in August. I think I have a very realistic chance of actually making my deadline too. If you know me, you know I get overwhelmed by large projects so I finish very few large quilts. I'm much more comfortable with small, wall size quilts because they are so much more manageable, but since this is a bucket list quilt, I want it to be a BIG one. I'm hoping for bed size. I made a lot of extra blocks but we will see how far I can get before I run out of fabric.

Ring of Roses

I've been sewing up a storm and I have to say that this quilt is much more involved than I thought, and I already thought it was going to be tricky.

I have had a few hair pulling moments so far but have managed to piece four blocks together to get a little sneak peek of what this quilt will eventually look like.

(Don't look too closely, these blocks aren't squared yet.) I do think I will love this quilt when it's done, if I don't shoot myself before it's finished =0P The directions on this pattern could be a little (or a lot) more clear, I have had to go on a scavenger hunt to find blogs with tutorials to figure out what the heck the lady is talking about on the pattern, but I still think that this method is MUCH easier than the traditional method so I am going to just go with it.

Now I have to walk away from them for several days because I am going to go hang with my mom and my sister and have some girl time with our Grandmother's Flower Gardens. Have a great Fourth of July!