i made a quilt. it only took forever.

about 8-9 months ago i pinned the following quilt:

Pinwheels in the Park by: SewMamaSew

i decided i was going to make it.

"but, barbs," you might say, "you don't have much experience sewing." true. but i figured it was all straight lines. how hard could it be?

there was blind enthusiasm. i didn't understand a lot of the terms in the pattern, but i thought i would just take it step by step.

first, i bought my fabric:

this is a bad photo, but shows the colors. yellow, gray, white, black. in various patterns of flowers, dots, and paisley.

next i cut the pieces out. so far, so good.

then, i made the pinwheels (no picture), twelve in total. this part was pretty easy too. i felt real confident after that part was all done. quilting, it turns out was a cinch.

oh, wait.

after that it got much harder. i hadn't bought enough white to piece in between the pinwheels. when i went to the fabric store, i couldn't find the exact shade of white that matched. frustration.

after a lot of putting it down and taking weeks at a time breaks. i finally got the front made. phew! then it was time to sandwich the top, batting and back pieces together and quilt.

arg! i hated every moment of this part. in typical barbie fashion, there were tears and exclamations of how i hated sewing. aaron pushed me on. he made me a martini to sip on while i plowed through it.

ok. hard part done, right? the next part said "use your preferred binding method."

oh. ok. yea, my preferred binding method.

i didn't have a preferred one (or any one). there was a lot of youtubing. i found out (horror of horrors) that i had to actually hand sew the entire binding in place.

i finally got done today. it isn't perfect, but it is amazing to me.

and now i can finally knit without thinking "you should really finish that quilt". also i can start another project. one that might not take me 9 months. like a skirt. or a headband. or something like that.