Moonglow

I saw this Jenny Beyer quilt kit on line and immediately fell in love with it, thinking it would be a perfect quilt for the bedroom in our new house by the water.  I failed to notice that this quilt was designated for advance quilters which I definitely am not.  When I was at my quilting retreat last October, I spoke to a number of very experienced quilters who declared they would not even attempt it but it was probably a plus that I didn't know what I was getting into.  That did nothing to bolster my confidence.

I have been working away at it and am about to start block 8.  I have now found my rhythm and the blocks are coming together much more easily.  My points are getting pointier and my 1/4 inch seams actually look like 1/4 inch seams and are relatively straight.

I went back yesterday and reworked some of the blocks I had made.  One in particular was too small, I don't know what I thought would happen when I went to put the blocks together - could it miraculously stretch to fit.  So I added wider boards and now all the blocks are the correct size.

I signed up for 3 craftsy classes - Jenny Beyer's block of the month (which isn't Moonglow) but uses a lot of the same techniques, a basic paper piecing class and a basic quilting class.  I watch these in rotation while I work away on the quilt and pick up some useful bit of information each time.  By the time I finish this quilt, I will know the classes by heart and I should have advanced to at least an intermediate level quilter. This is a complicated and complex pattern and the fact that there are minimal instructions provided does not help but as this quilt kit was fairly expensive, not making it is not an option.

Happy Quilting Everyone or Whatever Your Hobby is!!!