Journal Notes

The Quilt Show BOM This has been… is challenging because of my skill level. I jumped right in with very little knowledge of quilting., but it’s been an amazing experience that I’mThere were several times that my cousin, unrelated to this quilt, told me I need to start simple. I couldn’t, can’t do that. I wasn’t programmed that way unfortunately. I watched the first videos and had to get on YouTube and look up words and topics just to understand. I realized last night that while my skills are still a work in progress, I don’t need to watch videos to understand the language. I emailed the designer with a struggle I was having, and I was able to see my problem was happening before the solution she sent me. I don’t know what I did to fix, but I fixed the problem. I’m glad I chose to learn from this designer because I learned so much! * 1/26/26 all of 220 blocks made except one month with 16 blocks Fabric chosen as my husband and I traveled: took the fabric requirement sheet and matched fabrics. Next time, I’ll write down where I bought the fabrics. 😁 But, I love all the fabrics I chose. I really enjoyed learning from Lynn Wilder and Barbara Black. I realized several times during the year, that I was doing something in some other project because I learned something from them. Challenges: my biggest learning opportunities. 😊 1. My inexperienced skill level 2. Matching points 3. Making flying geese 4. Making HST - multiples at a time 5. Piecing into 5.5” blocks 6. Matching colors 7. Some blocks not big enough so I had to make more or the colors didn’t look right once on the wall with other blocks so had to remake. Borders- mitered