Piecing for pleasure.....

how easily that one phrase put my quilt making into perspective. I think when you are a beginning quilter, you want to do it all, and you want to do it right. I have found that over time, I've lost the "want to do it all", but for a long time, the "do it right" hung around. I finally managed to ditch that idea several years ago. I now do "it" anyway that appeals to me or suits my needs. I play alot more than I work, and I have a very, very difficult time making a quilt to someone's desire or specifications. My friend Jean is finding out lately, just how hard it is to "take orders" for a thing and make it to what's in someone elses head. It does seem to remove the joy, in my opinion. You can piece for money, or for recognition. Up to a point, you can piece to match the baby's room, or someone's color scheme. You can piece to get the scraps used or the stash reduced, or charity needs met. What I really hope you are doing is piecing for pleasure...*VBS* Cause it's the best feeling!! First picture is of yet another pile of HST's becoming a dolly quilt. Very elderly HST's at that...LOL. The only cutting I did on this one was the backing. Borders were
in the strip bins. I test drove it past Jean's DGS on Sunday, at lunch, and I have his 3 yr old approval..*VBS* Off to the daycare it goes, along with the others. Total so far: 5
This second picture is one lonely pinwheel block left from a guild challenge. I had it and a stack of already cut triangles of the same size, but no more of that white background....what to do? what to do? A UFO in a bag marked enough for 6 more. What could you do with 7 pinwheels anyway, except a row quilt? Well, I decided I didn't really need another row for a row quilt, and since these are X cut, I could join them at their sides and have a staight of the grain at the outside. As you can see, 3 fit together perfectly, and now I just need setting corners. I can cut them from the blue floral(challenge fabric) or the solid colors. I haven't decided. With those added, it could be the front of a tote bag, or with a few more additions, it could become another dolly quilt...*G* Best of all, it's ONE MORE UFO GONE!!!! Grand total of UFO's used or finished: 6 and it's still February...*VBS*