I thought quilting was relaxing?

I have been at a quilt passe for the past few days.  I have been working on Andrea’s Christmas Tree quilt since Monday evening.   Actually I’m not working on it, I’m staring at it.  There is one small 2 1/2 inch block that is driving me crazy. I finished the center block on Monday night, but I’m not happy with the colours of the fabric that forms the top of the tree.  So there it sits on my cutting table.   Sometimes I think I’m a bit too anal but I come by it honestly.   My mother is an incredible seamstress and my father is a  retired shipbuilder.   From an early age, I was taught if it wasn;’t perfect you didn’t settle.  

 BesidesI’m hoping Andrea will enjoy the quilt for many Christmases to come.   She doesn’t need to hear me say…….”Oh, I hate that colour” everything time I pass the quilt.

The good news is, as I was pondering on the block, I sorted fabric.    When Jeannette dropped the quilts off last week she mentioned her daughter would take my scraps to make a chinese coin quilt.   So I have a large bag of scraps for Jessica, my fabric is a bit more manageable…………and today I’m going shopping to find just the perfect blue fabric to finish Andrea’s quilt.  Wish me luck!