WIP (Work in Progress)

Here is the messy, ugly, unfashionable 'before' shoot of the quilt layout. I decided to lay it out and snap a picture so I would remember  where every piece went after I had sewed all the pieces together before doing the backing and the border. I had to hold my camera really high ( a challenge for a petite-average woman) to get everything in one click! At first, I admit I was thinking of nine-patch but realized after I sewed the strip blocks that it wasn't exactly coming out as nine-patch when I was positioning the pieces. So I came up with a more of an asymmetrical pattern that your eye can pick up on after going around for a minute or two.

I would like to point out the two 'blank' spaces in the quilt layout will be filled with white squares for a "pop". Remember, this is only a "rehearsal" before I actually finish the top. A bit of ironing and smoothing out seam allowances and repositioning before the final act!

Still at it....

So far, the nine patch strips are coming out beautifully. I will have to cut them and construct the pattern around the central block for a contrast. I plan to get a pearly button and stitch it in the block. Let's hope I can get a better picture than the first (kind of blurry) and post it to here!

Here's to Quilting! *click click*

Hello!

 

Here is the starter block for my quilting project. I am already working on the nine patch strips for the sides of the block. Yes, I hand-quilted and cut the blocks into triangles to make new set of blocks then stitched the green border stripe around. I added a sheer purple ribbon and sewed it around the border of the purple block for a crisp finish.