It's not you, it's me......

That, is exactly how I feel about my current quilt. A little bit meh. I SHOULD  love it, I love the fabrics and couldn't wait to put them together, it's  just that I'm not feeling the whole of it now I've started to construct it. Also I'm stuck as to how to finish it - it is currently 42" square, and I don't know whether to put another star around the outside which would take it to about 78" square, only extend the star on two sides so it a rectangle, or just put a border on it. It's so much more difficult to construct a quilt top when you're not totally in love with it.

Plus, yet again, I thought this one up in my head - and didn't think it through. I may try a pattern next....

It's taken me ages to start this post, mainly because the weather has been so bad here in the UK that it's been too dull to take decent photographs. In the end I've just bit the bullet and hoped that they don't look too muddy! Fingers crossed the weather will improve for Thursday - it is my 40th birthday and my husband it taking me to York for the day. I'm going to drag him round the quilt museum, what a lucky boy he is! As coined by a colleague at work, I prefer to think of myself not as 40, but 20 with 20 years experience.

And finally......

I have actually been sewing & quilting. I finished this but couldn't get a decent shot. I think it's my biggest quilt to date and had to unpick the quilting twice in small sections as the backing kept getting caught up. It's all part of the learning curve!