A Good Night's Work

BAM! Stacks like woah :)

Like I said, the cutting instructions for my mother's quilt is mind boggling! Usually I quit at midnight for fear of screwing up royally (though sometime even that is too late). But tonight I was feeling a bit ambitious. After a few solid hours of cutting I have a good chunk cut. If things go this smoothly tomorrow night I could have the whole thing cut out before leaving for Jersey on Friday and that would feel really good. There's nothing like coming back from a nice weekend and being able to start a fresh stage of the production process.

I will admit that looking at the cutting instructions was daunting to say the least. Especially when it comes out and says 148 of this. Other times it hides how much cutting there is by saying make 32 sets of 8 of these. Lies, I tell you! Just come out and say 256 of x and I'd be a lot happier.

 I'm totally in love with the white and black paisley and I'm so glad that there is about a yard of it left over. Whoever wrote these cutting instructions did so with the idea of giving you plenty of goodies to put in your stash. I can't complain. I have next to no stash at all and I'm pleased to say that all these quilting projects for Christmas this year is really helping to build up a good stash. I have some nice blues to pick from and this quilt will produce some nice red leftovers. Terry's table runner made for some nice pinks too. I'm hoping that by the end of next year I'll be able to create something decent from my stash.