Today I finished all the necessary blocks for clue 4 of Bonnie Hunter's 2018 Mystery Quilt, Good Fortune. I re-discovered during this process that I do not like string piecing. Now I consider this kind of odd, because I love paper piecing, and string piecing is really just kind of loose and easy paper piecing. But what I love about paper piecing is that you are usually making some kind of picture, and the results, to me at least, are fun and revelatory. And weird too because I love making things from selvages and that is kind of like string piecing too. String piecing to me is sort of mindless and the results are just... well ... stringy. I know lots of quilters love string piecing, it's just not for me, I guess... Anyway, I suppose I could have just cut some blocks in the finished size and called it a day, but I did it Bonnie's way. Maybe I'll like them in the finished quilt. We'll see.
If you want to see other folks' blocks, check out Bonnie's Mystery Monday Link-Up for week four here.
I certainly hope next week's clue is more fun for me because I'm loving most of the process and having fun with it. Can't wait to see what comes next!
They look pretty, even if you didn't enjoy making them!
ReplyDeleteIts definitely a good way to use up scraps too. Glad to hear you are enjoying the mystery,
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