Retreat Day Three

A Little Headway

While I am still struggling -- mainly trying to settle on a process -- with "Gypsy Wife," I did make a little progress today.

GW Section 1

Section 1 was completed this morning.  And a bit of progress was made on Section 2 this afternoon.

GW Section 2 partial

Sorry about the crappy lighting in my photos; the options are limited, to say the least. 

By late in the afternoon I came to the conclusion that I really need to work on this where I can spread out (and not have to clear the kitchen counter every time there is a meal).  Also, a design wall would be very helpful in keeping track of the placement of the vertical strips and since the park has "thoughtfully screwed" photos and objects to the walls, that limits design wall locations.

My biggest frustration has nothing to do with the pattern.   Many of the blocks I made several months ago won't fit into the  template of the pattern so I am having to enlarge or "ensmall" them.  Anyway, enough excuses!  I will finish this when I get home.  I am not going to let it languish.

The one thing, the one significant thing I can say about working with Jen Kingwell's patterns is that they have opened my eyes to the ways disparate blocks can be put together into a unified whole.  I am not sorry I started on this journey.

However, tomorrow I will be working on my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks for January.  After dinner tonight I cut squares to make a Goose is Loose strip in BLUE.

Some Chunky Churn Dashes could make an appearance, too!  Stay tuned.