Sew Along Time Stitching

The Sew Along is finished!

That means all the clues/steps are posted, 

but I am not out of the woods yet. 

I started stitching rows together.

There were a few false starts. 

Twosies were stitched together then 

one final block added. The last block

received another border piece. 

Yes, I put the whole first row

together upside down, with the

left and top border treatment 

turned around.  Started picking,

then restarted. 

All that picking and I still 

ended up with a "What?" area.  

Two border blocks together

since one block is turned. 

I made it thru the blocks minus 

the bottom row and placed them 

on the design wall. 

Can I say 'Holy Hannah, this thing is huge!"

I obviously missed the dimension talk

and happily sewed on, making a quilt 

that would cover my entire family!

This is when I again noticed a block

just a little different and had to 

do some rearranging.

 

I began to notice the size overwhelming 

my design wall, so only 6 blocks made it into 

each row. It is now 75" wide without 

the 10" border added ( 1 1/2" + 3 1/2 " on each side) 

and it is 84" long,

It should finish about 96" square complete,

 which is a bit out of my comfort zone. 

I do like the design and other than a few 

too light browns, the first and secondary 

patterns are wowzer!

Soo...I think I will make one more block, 

then split the top into 2

using a 5 x 5 arrangement.

Each should be around 65" x 65" and 

the pieced border will be added to the top 

and bottom to step up the length. 

That is the current plan. 

Update. 

Two tops  ready for the pieced border.

Yay!  More stitching to come later in the 

week after guild planning and enjoying 

beautiful summer weather.  

We even listened to symphony in the park!

Look at that beautiful sky !

Stay safe and sew on !

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