9x9 - until I think if a better name

It's been awhile!

Here's my lastest project...



I'm calling it 9x9 for now. This is something I started almost a year ago. High time to finish it.


The squares will be a finished 8". I'm going to use narrow white sashing and a inner white border. I'd like to do some sort of outer border, but not quite sure what that will be.

Until next time - Happy sewing!

Double Wedding Ring - second row

Today I finished and attached the second row of my double wedding ring quilt. It will be five rows total, so if I continue at this pace (ha ha!), I'll be done this week! Still not sure what I'm going to back or bind it with, but really enjoying the challenge.

Melons for Double Wedding Ring

The other day I cut the fabric for my double wedding ring quilt. All of the fabric is from my stash. I have never used so many pins, as there is not a single straight line in this quilt.
Rather than do all the corners, all the melons, then all the circles, I'm doing just enough for one row at a time. This gives me a chance to work on my form (scant 1/4" seams!) rather than just plowing through.

So far I really like the result. One of the things discussed in the class is having a bit of 'pop' on the corners - especially with patchwork quilts. Since my arcs aren't pieced, I had a hard time deciding on the colors for the corners. I finally chose a turquoise and brown. With the red, it's not a very traditional choice, but given they're colors I wear together I figured it would be OK for a quilt.

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November is National Blog Posting Month (or NaBloPoMo) which challengers bloggers to post every day in the month of November. I'm taking it a bit further, and challenging myself to sew, take a picture, and post my progress everyday. Some days may not be much, but some days may be like Monday - a day for sewing.



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