A Review of Sorts

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A year or so ago (April 17, 2018, according to my order history) I discovered that the website Craftsy (now Bluprint) had some free classes among the various purchasable (is that even a word?) classes on their website. Being able to watch a video and follow along with a project is a learning method that works well for me so I jumped on the 2013 Block of the Month project thinking that it would be a great way to learn some new techniques and improve my current skills. I diligently worked on the various assignments for a couple of months but then life got busy and I wasn’t entirely thrilled with the work that I had completed so the project was set aside for the time being. A month or so ago, rather than start I new project, I convinced myself to resume the only line classes and complete the project. The instruction provided was presented in an engaging format and I was able to follow the assignments with only minimal difficulties. I’m not entirely convinced that all of the provided measurements were accurate since a few of my blocks had to be cut down by nearly an inch on each side to meet the final measurements and one block ended up being a full inch too small (maybe I just don’t measure very well). Overall it was a good class. I learned some new techniques that I will probably use on future projects. I may even refer back to parts of the video to remind myself of exactly how to do certain things. However, there are some things I didn’t like. First: each finished block was a different size so changing the final layout was impractical. (Quilting sometimes requires far more math than I want to use). Second: I really don’t like the layout. (And changing the layout would have required math. Have I mentioned that I avoid math?) The photo shows the finished quilt top and while I love the colours I do not particularly like the layout. I also made a fairly silly mistake. The “tumbling blocks” block in the top left corner is upside down. But we can pretend that was an artistic choice.