Well, I've been a bit of a slacker on the quilt. My first lack of motivation was that I wasn't sure it was going to be all that cute. Once I got the primary layout figured out, though, I was reassured.

My second demotivator was that I had to take out 2/3 of the sewing I'd done. You see, the whole point of this project is to work on perfect 1/4 inch seams. With vertical bars of 26 horizontal strips, a little bit off becomes a big problem in no time. The first time I put the bars together, the first 2 turned out too short by about 1/2 inch. But, by the time I sewed the third one, I was getting it right. Thank goodness for that or I might have thrown in the towel altogether! I've now resewn the first bar and it's a scosh too long. Sigh. After I get up the gumption to sew the middle bar again, we'll see how I feel about fixing the first bar again again.

Practice makes perfect, right?!