10-4 Pixelated Groot

I am Groot!

18.5 x 40.5

The Project Quilting challenge this week was "pixel play". 

I am not a big fan of Pixelated quilts and never really wanted to make one. But, I'm not one to give up on a challenge so I looked at options until I found a Groot image. 

I like Groot and I sure hope he comes back (somehow) in this latest movie my husband is looking forward to so much. I decided to get my nerd on. 

That was my last good decision on this piece. It's been a series of unfortunate choices from the very beginning. 

• I chose to make it too small.
• I chose the wrong interfacing.
• That prompted a different decision in construction which was really wrong.
• The fabric kept fraying (bad choice)
• I kept trying to make it work and it got worse and worse. 
• At a certain point, I felt it was a lost cause and didn't want to waste any more "good" fabric to the cause. 
• I had a colonoscopy in the middle and lost time ( two days) working on this piece. I honestly think it wouldn't have helped it, but it made it impossible for me to start over. 

SO...

• I like the image and will probably try it again sometime.
• I will use better interfacing and bigger squares.
• I will use better fabric.

But for now...

• I will forgive myself for doing such a crappy job on this. 
• I will take what I've learned and carry on.
• I will see this as an aberration to my larger body of work.
• Failure can teach too.