Eating my words

Do you remember this little Swoon quilt top I made in July?

Here's what I said about it at the time:

"It's very busy I'll admit, much busier than I would usually go for, 

but I think I kind of like it in a not-very-me sort of way."

Um, I might have to eat those words.  I've had plenty of time to consider this quilt top as it was left aside due to some unanticipated quilting commitments I took on in late July.  But the more I looked at it the less I liked it.  Just too busy for me and although I thought I could get over it, I couldn't.  Has that ever happened to you?

My plans originally had been to make this quilt and donate it to Bee Blessed so I really didn't want it to go to waste.  I thought that maybe if I could re-work it a little then it could possibly become a quilt that someone could love.

So, a little deconstruction back down into the original block elements, a little bit of biscuit coloured sashing and scrappy binding and Swoon is now a quilt I would actually be quite happy to keep.  It no longer gives me a headache trying to work out where to rest my eye amid the mass of clashing pattern, and I am happy that Bee Blessed will have a better quilt to share with someone who needs it.