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No Loss of Enthusiasm Here!

11 months, 12 quilts, 1 quilter. Such a premise. Such a failure.

And yet.

Today is Winston Churchill Day. I know folks have issues with him; political folks; WWII history folks. I don't know where I stand on any of that, but I like that he's very quotable.


So this is where I am today. Going from failure to failure until at last I've arrived at success, however long it takes.

It was audacious to set a big quilting goal for myself. And in the trying, perhaps fail.

But I look back at this attempt with pride, not defeat. Because while I didn't make my stated goal, I certainly made more progress than I ever would had I not set it...and quite bluntly, I made more progress on learning to quilt than I have in the previous 15 or so years I've been doing it.

Yes, I still have some bindings to add.

Yup, I still have some labels to create.

But by the end of 11 months, I managed to quilt 6 quilts. Unless you've ever wrestled with a big quilt and won, you may not understand what an accomplishment that truly is. Prior to 2012, I had quilted exactly 3 quilts. THREE. Now mind you, I have a whole pile of tops that are in various stages of "done" from pile of fabric and a pattern in a grocery sack (PIG) to completed tops just waiting for a day when I can say "It's ready!" and take it to the LA. But to say I've actually quilted 6 full bed quilts in one year is just remarkable to me!

Now that the weather is warming, I'll work on getting some final pictures posted so you can see how they turned out...even without binding or labels.

Failing without losing enthusiasm. I'm totally there.
L

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