Raining Geese, and I'm Starting Another Quilt

It's almost midnight and I should have been asleep a good

hour or so ago, especially considering I'm already

quite behind on sleep but...

suddenly, just now, out of the blue:  thunder.

Worth it.  I always love a good storm.

I can't believe it but, yep, I'm starting another one.

pattern

I love the unique design in the stars on this pattern,

the flip in darks/lights that creates that diagonal.

When piecing the first blocks, I couldn't help but

do a small double-take, along with doing a 

~thunder~

double-check, when putting those star points on.

They just seemed wrong.

They seemed sideways.

(sorry for the bad lighting--it's late!)

But when you know where it's all going, it's all good.

And that is one of the things I love about quilting.

I like trying out new patterns with 

their different arrangements and piecing.

Fall colors, some fall fabrics...will it be a definite "fall" quilt?

Or will it just be full of rich colors that work any time?

My plan for this one is to make it just a little smaller,

(pictured above is 84 x 96)

and I'm really hoping a border will work.
~thunder~

I'm a border person.

I like tidiness.  Framing.  Pulling it all together.

The drop-off of borderless quilts just...well, it's

like they leave me hanging.

Hmm.  Left hanging.  Oh!

What happened to the geese?

I tore through my fabric, very intent on finding the two borders within

my own stash.  I tried so many combinations I couldn't think or see

straight so I'd walk away, come back later and start again.

~thunder~

So, I enlisted the help of a friend--who had a good idea.

Make a border of geese.  All the way around.
Flying in circles just like they do as they circle
a wheat field before landing
(and proceeding to strip off the poor farmer's crop!)

~thunder~

It's a perfect remedy for the disappointment I felt when I
discovered just how small the center of this quilt would be.
No matter how hard I tried to make those two borders

finish this off, I just wasn't "done" with the center, though I'll
admit to already looking ahead mentally to the next quilt.

It's really funny when the right step just won't let you go. 

~thunder~

No matter what you want to work, another fabric

or design just keeps coming back to gnaw at you.

That's when you know it's the right decision

~rain begins to hit the windows~more thunder~

and you stop trying to kid yourself and give in.

~thunder, rain blowing harder on the windows~

Why doesn't it bother me that I'm stopping there and moving on

to my next quilt?  Maybe because I know for a fact I'll back to it?

I'll have time.  And I know I enjoy making geese.

See, right now I have two very open days

that scream for starting a new quilt.  So I did.

~rain suddenly letting up~

~thunder growing a little more distant~

And, yikes!  It's 12:43 am!

~yawn~