Yep I am going to do this… I am taking the 13 Spools Challenge

1.  I do not know the difference between pressing and ironing but I am assuming I do it the wrong way!

2.  I struggle with quilt math… it makes my brain hurt and I suck at it.  Often my paper pieced quilt blocks are a weird size – whatever size is the biggest I can fit on a sheet of paper.  My Atlantic Sea block is 13.78 inches square!

3.  I do not understand holiday quilts… what use is a quilt that you only use once a year?

4.  I dislike the quilting part of the process… it physically hurts me and I am usually on painkiller for a couple of days after finishing a quilt!

5.  and while on the subject of quilting… I started hand quilting a quilt in 2000, got bored with the process and bound it before I finished the quilting.  I feel a little guilty every time I use this quilt.

6.  I am not keen on the look and feel of machine binding but I still do it on charity quilts. Does this make me a bad person?

7.  I get annoyed by people who try to dictate what is “modern quilting” and what is not…and a lot of time the definitions seem self-serving to me.  The movement is bigger than just a few people and I think only history will be able to give us a clear definition.

8.  I do not pin my quilt blocks enough to every have the problem of sewing over the pins.

9.  I am too lazy to pre-wash my fabric.

10.  I get bored way to easily.  I have too many ideas and too many wips.  I counted 16 quilt tops last week in need of a finish.  I may have a problem…

Wow that was very therapeutic.  You should give it a go….