What I realized from reading the blogs of other quilters is that when you get going with so many projects as I have, its a good thing to dedicate a day every week to a specific project. This sets up a system so there is progress and add clarity to the work.
I used to do this with housework in my early days of learning that system. Each week I would focus on cleaning one area of my home...say the great room & entries the first week, the bedrooms the second week, bathrooms & hall closets the third week, kitchen the fourth, and if there was a 5th week, then those leftover areas. I would spend 15 minutes a day in that room and could get so much done it was crazy!
For her Applique Mystery Quilt, Darlee created a combination of machine quilted applique blocks with small 5" patch blocks for this quilt. Her plan is for us to do one of each per week. I fell behind because I didn't make it a priority. It is a priority now. I will work on it every Sunday to stay up with the plan.
In fact, once I finish this round of quilts, I am leaning toward making more of them with the house motif.
Appliques are not as difficult as I thought they would be. I don't see myself doing them by hand with all the turning under that this process takes. Doing them by machine makes a quilt that can be used and laundered, where the hand work is more for wall hangings. I want the quilts I make to be utility quality.
The growing system is working for me. Sunday Mystery Quilt, Wednesday Basting (while it lasts), Finish Something Fridays! Enough and not too much a routine that I get rebellious and chuck it all.
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