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!
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.
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 !
Linking up with:
That top sure is a wowzer for sure. Love it, whether it's sewn into one quilt or two. Lovely. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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You are welcome! I have them both up on the wall waiting for borders while I get some
ReplyDeleteothers stitching underway.
I love the fabrics in your quilt. Sorry there were a few woes but look how great it is!
ReplyDeleteThank you ! It turned out even better than I thought it would!
DeleteIt is gorgeous!! My fav color combos and the secondary trails in the design make it an unending work of art. I think this is the quilt along from Conquering Mount Scrapmore with Brenda. I watched all the videos in this series and am so tempted.
ReplyDeleteYes it is from Mount Scrap more. I had a lot of fun stitching along and the two quilts will end up well loved!
DeleteA really beautiful quilt. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you ! I will get 2 twins out of this project.
DeleteWow, Deb! That top is huge and GORGEOUS!! I really do love blocks that form secondary patterns! Great job! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteThank you ! I do love your blog and enjoy reading and contributing each week .
DeleteOh wow, your design wall looks gorgeous! Well done finishing all these blocks, they are so pretty all together! Splitting them in two quilts is a great idea. I love how scrappy they are! Thank you for sharing and linking up.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome. The quilt(s) did use up a bit of scrap, but I still have lots for more projects! Sew on!
DeleteDeb these quilts are lovely. Sorry you had issues putting them together. How awesome that you will get two quilts out of your blocks! Thank you for sharing one To Do Tuesday 😁 Carol
ReplyDeleteWe do love challenges and sometimes the "fixing " is rewarding too!
DeleteWow that looks amazing!! Don't you hate it when you sew a row upside down.. don't worry, I've done that too!! Thanks for joining in on Home Matters Linky Party! I will be featuring your post this week! #HomeMattersParty xx
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, I'm glad that you were able to make 2 lovely quilts instead of one huge overwhelming one! They look good - I'm obviously not the only one who sews things on upside down! Enjoy your weekend and thanks for linking up to FM Mavericks.
ReplyDeleteIt is a fun pattern. Glad you were able to find a way to address the big size and it get it down to 2 more manageable quilts.
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