One Block Wonder - Finished!

With my previous projects, I really enjoyed following the steps for a specific pattern and I knew all along the way what the finished product was supposed to look like.  Many people enjoy creating One Block Wonders and I was curious about the process, so I signed up for a class.  Donna, the teacher, was wonderful.  She had lots of ideas, but I think the main thing I came away with was that we have to retrain our eye to look for movement in color when placing the blocks.  Everyone was going to come up with something different.  There was no right or wrong.

Little did I know how difficult it was going to be for me.  I had no problem with the cutting of the "hex's" and sewing them together.  What I had to wrap my head around was the concept that I didn't know what the quilt was going to look like until it was done.  The process of placing the blocks in to some sort of design took me into uncharted territory.

I had the "hex's" on the design wall for weeks, changing a block here and there until I guess I finally just gave up.  This is the finished product and I can still see a few blocks that I "should" have moved.

I feel like I have NO imagination which is why I struggle with these types of projects.  I love putting together kits because someone else has already chosen the pattern and the fabric.  Somebody else's imagination.  I would love to expand into a long-arm sewing machine but the idea of doing free-motion versus using pantographs terrifies me.  Everybody says all it takes is practice, practice, practice.  But for me, it's like jumping off a cliff. 

Anyway, I am glad it's finished and I think I like it.  And, guess what!  I've got a blue one I have to put together now!  Glutton for punishment probably.  But it also stretches the boundaries and that's a good thing.