The Boring Border Bits
The outer borders were much simpler to put on than the triangle borders had been, because these borders were really just getting attached to the solid triangles, not the pieced […]
Assembly
The Terribly Troublesome Triangles
Once the skinny sashing strips were on, it was time to move on to the next round of borders: attaching the triangle borders to the skinny strips. Before attaching the […]
The Skinny Sashing Strips
Well, here we are, more than three weeks after I posted about finishing the final block, and I feel like I don’t have a lot to show for it. Because […]
The Sashay
As mentioned in my last blog article, this last bit of the square block sashing got off to a rocky start. And I knew it was going to be a […]
The Dwindling Supply
This is my next-to-last batch of sashing … well, if you don’t count the skinny sashing strips or attaching all the completed sections to each other. And it’s good that […]
The Quilter’s Log
I’m on a mission to get this quilt top done, and I’ve been churning these last few blocks and sashing segments out so fast that I’m not having a lot […]
The Tenth Anniversary
Another batch of sashing done, with no real drama. I like that these four-block segments are portable enough that I can fit them in my travel kit for stitching on […]
The Footnotes
It may seem like the only thing I did at retreat was stitch one triangle border together, but I actually got a few other things done. For starters, I cut […]
The Frog to Eat First
You know that old saying about eating the frog first thing in the morning? Basically, it means you tackle the hardest thing first, and everything after that seems easy. So, […]
The Celebration
With this batch of sashing, attached to three other batches in the bottom left, I’ve now completed eight of the nine “nonants” (the nine sections in the center of this […]
The Low Bar
Nothing fit together right on this bout of sashing. Blocks K1 and K2 were the worst. I’m giving myself a pass on K2 (bottom right), since it was made so […]
The Backing Candidates
I’m getting towards the end of the piecing phase of this project. There are less than 10 blocks left to stitch, and I’ve made great strides on the sashing too. […]