I have Attention Deficit Quilting Disorder (ADQD). I had the vintage fan blocks out the other day and took a few pictures and I couldn’t stop thinking about them…Teddy is looking at me like I am crazy.
Perhaps I will just press them…
but they look so incomplete…perhaps I should make a pattern for the missing piece
I know I will need to make about 40 and I have the fabric so I might as well cut them now…
I cut them all and I didn’t check to make sure they fit….I better pin a few just to be sure…
they look like they will be fine but I better sew a few just to be sure…
OK so I did 4…Now I can’t help it, I have to sew them together…
not bad…they finish at 20″ square so they will make up into a good sized full quilt. Now I am pretty sure that I wont be able to do any other quilting until I get some more of these done and get the sashing set…that is unless another quilty object distracts me!
Happy Quilting
Tim
It is a sickness, but what great results come of this type of sickness! LOVE those blocks! Keep going, I want to see the end of this one!
I will dig through the fabric tonight and see if I have something appropriate for sashing….the blocks go together fairly easily
Hahaha! Yes, I would say you have the disorder! Can’t wait to see it come together.
I hope the end product is a good as it is in my mind
You may have ADQD, but look at the gorgeous quilts you make as a result! You still get way more done than most, imo.
This one is going to be really fun to watch come together!
Thanks Cathi….I guess it makes life more interesting to have variety….and so I quilt with lots of variety!….but they do eventually get finished….but what happens is a have a long period of not finishing anything and then a period where I finish one every few weeks
Yep, my ADQD kicked in last week and I am obsessed with getting a Dear Jane quilt started. I have traced the patterns and cut out the print fabrics for Row A and am currently tracing Row B while I wait for my local quilt shop to get in a bolt of the fabric I want to use for my background. We won’t discuss the other projects that just got pushed to the back while I go full force on DJ.
good luck with it
Having a variety of projects doesn’t let you get bored. Your work is wonderful. I have a top my aunt gave me of dresdan plates sewn on a sheet. I’ve taken them off and want to put them into a quilt. Any suggestions?
Sharon
I think it was a good idea to get them off of a sheet (to hard to quilt) I think I would applique them to muslin squares and then add a coordinating sashing with a reproduction fabric to coordinate
You are FUNNY today and I understand! Enjoy!
and Im almost 1/2 done with the blocks and thinking about the sashing…might have something to show tomorrow
Ain’t it fun? lol I really, really like these fan blocks. I can see why they’re irresistible.
Thanks!…it is fun….
You are soooo funny!!! Of course you couldnt put them down once you got started!!!! We call that “Out the back door”…There is a story behind that name, i will tell you one day….Your Buddy in ADQD!!! Ginny
sounds like a good story…..
I think we all have ADQD! It;s just too much fun starting something new….
is is fun!!!
OK. . .you got me. . .I just laughed and chuckled over every word and every photo of your post today. Gosh. . .I’m right there with you!! Although, I don’t hand quilt and I don’t finish nearly as many projects as you. . .BUT, I get into each and every one of my projects with a I’ll just try one. . . .hours later I figure I’d better get to bed before the sun beats me up!!!!
Love reading your blog posts!
thanks!…Glad that I am not the only one who needs to “just try one”!
yup, thats how the cookie crumbles!
LOL….I have lots of crumbs!
YUP I agree you have ventured into the quiltmaking world…happens to the all of us! I just saw a little quilt on a blog I might have to whip up today, no it wasn’t in the plan I should be appliquéing but when inspiration hits go with it! Your blocks look wonderful and I can’t wait for them to be a top and hand quilted they will be perfect!
Kathie
http://inspiredbyantiquequilts.blogspot.com
I think I might need to take a lesson from you and learn to make small quilts sometimes….then I can get the idea tested and finished faster!
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SO glad I’m not the only one who suffers from this disorder! Thanks for the laugh, Tim.
I think that it is a disorder that many quilters have in common!
PS Meant to say – they look great!!