I'm Insane: A Saga

I have a propensity of getting involved in a project without thinking about how much time it will actually take to accomplish.

This is the Saga of the Quilt.

I love quilting. I really do. It has a rich history, and it's also one of the only things you can make that you can wrap yourself up in. There's nothing quite like a nice, warm blanket on a cold winters day.

More on that later.

So when I saw the newest season of Doctor who, I saw a quilt on one of the characters beds. I wanted it. I knew I could make it. And it would.

Two pictures, screenshots, from the episode can be found here and here.

Little did I know what a production I was getting myself into.

After some careful (read:lucky)Googling, I found out that this quilt was unsurprisingly called a "hexagon quilt."

I found a tutorial online that was wonderful at ThimbleBlossoms.com, here

I was beginning to realize how much of a project this would be. But at the time, I was working an overnight shift, and had NOTHING to do from the hours of 12pm to 5am.
And when I say nothing, I mean my job was to stare at a lobby and make sure raccoons didn't bother the first floor resident's porches.

Because of the nature of the quilt pieces, I was able to use a bunch of fabric I bought 1 yard at a time simply because it was pretty.

So this is what I have so far...


Yeah. That's like 1/7th of a quilt.
I know.
But I'm going to keep at it.



This is the back, if you were wondering. Not as neat and tidy as ThimbleBlosoms, but neither am I.

The saga will continue...