Goodness Gracious Granny Square

Well.  Unlike my previous post where the quilt turned out exactly how I had envisioned it, this one did not.  

I had such high hopes for this one.  I purposely bought this Lecien Antique flowers fabric to make into granny blocks.  That part went okay.  Although I spent way too much time making sure that none of the blocks were the same.  I wanted the center square in each block to be the same to tie them all together so I used the white floral that you see in the block below which is also at the center of the quilt.

I also made sure that I had an equal number of blocks that had pink versus yellow as the outside squares.  Then when I laid out the blocks I made sure to alternate my pink outsides versus yellow outsides.  I also have this thing about similar fabrics being too close together so I spent a lot of time rearranging blocks until it was all just perfect.

Then came the sashing.  Ugh.  Even though I attempted to square up the blocks I must not have done it well enough.  I had trouble getting the rows to match up so I ended up with some wonky looking sashing.  And then when I started to quilt it I ended up with a few tucks and puckers here and there.

It still looks pretty, but it is just not as perfect as I wanted it.  It's one of those quilts that looks great hanging off a chair or folded in a stack or on the end of the bed, but once you lay it out you can see the flaws, or at least I can.

In any event, I decided to sell it in my etsy shop for a big huge, less than cost, discount if anyone is interested. Thank you - this just sold!!!

I figure it was good learning experience and what I learned is that I won't be trying those granny squares again for a while:).

Today I am finishing up some pillows and then I am on to a quilt for a nice girl who works for my husband.  I did stop in the Home Depot this morning and even though I was just supposed to be getting a garbage disposal I managed to sneak in a few paint samples.  Our hall bath upstairs really needs a little facelift so I may or may not push my luck and just put a little paint on a few things.  There is a part of me that thinks that I could paint that tiny room myself while my husband is at work one day and it might take him days or even a week to notice.  Hmmm...

~Gold Shoe Girl~