Procrastinate? Who Me?

Kim left a comment on my last post asking "what's new on the quilt scene?", and the answer is not much at all. I'm stuck in that No Man's Land between finishing the Couch Quilt top, and layering and pinning it, as I don't want to do it. Then the rule is of course that I can't sew something else as I should be pinning the quilt, so I do nothing.

I think a great deal about which batting I'm going to use, as I have 3 possible options. I have a piece of Hobbs Polydown, but really that's something that I think is better for hand quilting than machine. I have a piece of batting that I think could be mainly wool, which would be better for machine quilting, but then it will get washed a fair bit so I should probably use polyester, right? Then I have a piece of black ?cotton that I have been saving for the Japanese quilt top, which could be used as well. All this thinking leads to no quilting, as there are far too many options to consider.

So after I go through the options again, I try to put it out of my mind as I don't want to face it, but I can't afford to send it out at the moment. I even had a fantasy about using the Polydown and hand quilting it, but that was indeed a fantasy, as (a) I've never hand quilted anything, and (b) it's so humid here that there is no way I'll be sitting under a quilt hand quilting it!

So that's what's new on the scene I'm afraid. I will admit however, to a small amount of hand sewing on the dreaded hexagons while watching the cricket. I can only do this work during the day though, as the eyes aren't the best, and I'm up to the dark section. I took a few photos of it the other day. It's hard to spread out as about half the papers are still in. The central part is done except for a few hexagons that need to be added along one side. The borders are mainly done, but I'll have to add a few hexagons here and there to join the sections up. It's a funny size though - it's the size it is because one day I just decided I'd had enough, so I just stopped then started to do the borders.

Lots of people are working on their hexagons at the moment, and I think I will be joining Libby in the Old Folks Home with hexagons still not finished...