I'm right there with you on the busy part!! I was hoping after the holiday's things would slow down a bit. Not a chance! The bad weather has forced us to stay home a few days, and that has been nice since extra activities are cancelled (yeah, more sewing!!). Hope to "see" you more :-) Robbi

I try to work on 2 projects at one time, piecing one - quilting the other. Sometimes things build up ahead of me like right now or go wrong like right now, so you give me this chance to vent on myself a bit. I have 3 string charity quilts that need quilting (FMQ). I started on one the other day, got past half way when I got a bulge of fabric. I know better that this is not going to go away but I pushed on and finished the quilting. It is awful, even for a charity quilt - I don't think I can give this any place SO I will be frogging this out. I am so upset with myself that I don't want to tackle another for fear of the same!LOL I am also doing Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt in the Quiltmaker Magazine and it is fun. Kate I hope you have power back soon. To others, hope your projects turn out great and we see pictures. Jean

Wow, this is an old post! HU, it’s been so long since I made it, I can’t think of anything in particular that might help you. I know I had to be careful to place the pineapple on the background block in exactly the same position on each block. If I think of anything else, I’ll post it. Funny that this post popped up now. This quilt has been hanging above my sewing machine for 12 years. I thought it was time for a change. My dear friend has a sister in Honolulu, so I sent the quilt to her. I thought it was time to send it back home to the islands. The FMQ was embarrassingly amateurish, but she loves it.

Actually the cross hatching and the cables were thought of and I think maybe feathered circles in the floral centers and feathered swags on the floral border. This was supposed to be a double irish chain... but someone goofed up and didn't feel like taking it all apart. So I got creative and came up with this. Thanks for all the suggestions. I am also considering sending it out to be machine quilted. I haven't got space to set it up here at the house.