... as one who keeps track, by counting! I can't help it. I count things, like pieces-- pieces in a block, blocks in a quilt; and ultimately, pieces in a quilt! This could be my undoing, if I let it, but I don't. Quiltkeemosabe told me yesterday that she doesn't keep track of things like numbers and numbers of pieces in a quilt block. Maybe she thinks that would discourage her, I don't know. I have this "need to know how many" affliction, for some reason that helps me to stay on track. For instance, if I know the block has 40 pieces and I have 10 set in then I know that I'm one-quarter done. Certainly, I would know that visually, too. But...there's more to this tale, of forty piece blocks, that will have to wait until later... (stay tuned, it's a surprise!) Carole, from Quilting Adventures, has a post up today about numbers, too. I'm guessing we think alike, Carole and I. Rather than a huge number of quilt pieces (2,112) being daunting, it becomes a challenge.Maybe my "need to know how many" is based from the desire not to cut too much, but rather, exactly what I need. It would be earth shattering to have one too many triangles cut, wouldn't it? To me, it's a "test" to not have any stray, left-over, block pieces. I live to pass.
I'll admit, also, to counting the number of ingredients in a recipe... now, there, I have to tell you that I would be discouraged by an inordinate number of ingredients! If a recipe has more than, say, ten ingredients I look for something else, easier, to prepare! I've never professed to being a gourmet cook, nor would I! There's just too many(!) quilts to piece and time's a wastin'. In the final tally I'd really rather spend minutes (hours, days, months...) in front of a sewing machine than a stove!
...and, after all, isn't that what restaurants are for?...
Life is Good!
