Fantasia Fractured

Free patterns are never really free.

At least for me... 

I loved this panel...I only wish I'd photographed it before I cut it up & pieced it. 

Another blogging mishap to add to my long list.

It appears I'm on a panel kick...very odd as I was never much of a panel fan.

The colors on this are fabulous, the composition is aces. 

This should have been a relatively easy one.

And, it would have been if I'd just approached it without the pattern.

But, I didn't. 

Of course, there were 4 different corners...

And they were confusing.

But, I was ok with that. 

Since dither is my norm, it's nice to have a project to blame now & then.

Makes me feel, uh.......reasonably dithered.

It worked out fine with the weaving border effect in tact.

(By this time, I abandoned the pattern and had gone rogue)

What I wasn't ok with was the D cup aftermath in the fractured center.

I followed the cutting & piecing directions to the letter.

I used more pins than a bulletin board attaching the border.

I NEVER pin.

Well, obviously not never...but rarely.

At the quilt shop, she CAREFULLY cut the panel.

(She was so exacting I was rolling my eyes, fearing I may miss Jeopardy)

Still...D cups. 

Ok, maybe C cups.

Either way, cups too big for my boobs.

Did I just say that?

Isn't it bizarre that I write this blog in large part for posterity, yet still allow myself to appear cuckoo?

My lineage will refer to me as 'the one with threads on her clothes & bats in the belfry.'

Remember, things are rarely as they seem.

Again...I find myself adrift...

I did get nice compliments from my IG family. 

& it does look ok if you're riding by on a galloping horse.

(After all, the fullness does not change the glorious colors or completely destroy the composition)

& it kept me engrossed all through the dull football weekend that Mr Bixby finds so amusing.

I guess there's always a bright side...

There's that perspective word again.

Lolafication will be challenging...but I think I can tame this beast.

We shall see how it comes out.

I had intended it to be a wallhanging.

I suspect it will be far too cattywampus to hang & will just serve as a cuddler.

Even after applying perspective, this still enforces my belief....

free patterns are never really free...you get what you pay for.

At least in my universe.