This is the first quilt I've ever made, and the whole process gave me a new-found respect for serious quilters. It's not easy, I've discovered. I saw this quilt while flipping through a home decor catalog (Wisteria), and loved it so much, I decided to make it. Wisteria was asking $200 for it and I thought, "That is much too much for a blanket. I can make it for less."
Well...that has not been the case. I haven't kept a running total of what I've spent on this quilt, but I'm sure it's over $200 by now--without even considering the amount of time I've invested. I started work on it in mid-2009--figuring out the pattern from the catalog page, calculating yardage (Spence helped a lot with that part), making three or four failed sample squares just to understand how the catalog version was constructed, cutting over 1200 individual pieces, and finally beginning the process of square construction. I recently finished all of the piecing. It's not a bargain, time or money-wise, but I do love it (except when I just wish it would go away).
Well...that has not been the case. I haven't kept a running total of what I've spent on this quilt, but I'm sure it's over $200 by now--without even considering the amount of time I've invested. I started work on it in mid-2009--figuring out the pattern from the catalog page, calculating yardage (Spence helped a lot with that part), making three or four failed sample squares just to understand how the catalog version was constructed, cutting over 1200 individual pieces, and finally beginning the process of square construction. I recently finished all of the piecing. It's not a bargain, time or money-wise, but I do love it (except when I just wish it would go away).
And now there's the issue of actually quilting it. (sigh) It may stay a quilt top forever. I'm proud of it!
