No joke. I really can’t count.
The other day I crowed about finally finishing all the whole blocks for Frolic! I was really thrilled. I made progress!!!
🙁
I didn’t actually finish all the blocks. I just counted wrong. I thought I had made 5 rows of 5, but in the photo, you can clearly see 4 rows of 5.
I didn’t figure it out until I was working on the corner and put the blocks on point. In trying to place them correctly, I realized I was short.
WTH?
I counted, recounted, looked for missing blocks and finally at the photos. I realized what I had done and that I was just so anxious to finish that I had counted wrong.
This was supposed to be fun, not a long and difficult process. I don’t mind difficult quilts with a lot of pieces, but I am still not quite recovered from Flying Away.
Now I have to decide whether to work with the blocks I have or make another 5 blocks. Those whole blocks have 65 pieces each. While I have some already made, I don’t have all made. 5 more blocks is not that many, but still.
Sigh.
Oh that’s frustrating. Especially when they’re so fiddly.
Yes, they have a lot of pieces, but I have them all done now, so no harm done.
Oh I have SO been there and felt the same. I end up walking away from the project and doing something fun and fast. I find that I will be in the right frame of mind, eventually, and will go back gang busters to the dreaded project. Soon, it won’t be dreaded. lol
Hang in there! It’s going to be gorgeous when it’s done!
Thanks! I know it will get better and it is already better, but I will be glad when this project is finished.
I hate it when that happens! It’s still looking awesome or awe-inspiring! One of these days I’m going to make one of Bonnie’s patterns.
I think I will make more of her quilts, just not before the reveal comes out. I really do prefer to know what I am making.