New log cabin project is farther along

 The new UFO I showed last week is farther along.  I have a better view of what it is going to look like, and I like it.

Mission: to use blue and brown Civil War and 1800's reproduction fabrics, in a pleasing fashion.  Result: with the log cabin pattern swirling in my head, I made dark log cabin blocks, browns on one side, blues on the other, with a yellow center block. I am reminded of a winter sky at twilight, and the winter browns of trees and ground.  I am not tired of this pattern yet.  I have 38 blocks, and I laid them out for a photo:

Not sewn together yet.  Each block finishes at 10 inches square, and a 60 inch square quilt is an odd size.  So more sewing is in my future.  I cut more strips this week to get ready.

In the meantime, I am distracted by another project.  Isn't that always the way?  Maybe I'll show this yet-another-project next week.

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Why not a new UFO?

 ... A new UFO (un-finished object) to carry into the New Year?  I sometimes play the UFO game.  I am part of an internet group where we keep track of UFO's and try to get them done.  Any project started in 2020 or earlier officially becomes a UFO on Jan. 1 2021.  I try and cut some new projects at the end of December, just so that I can finish them in the new year.

And, I have a lot of Civil War and 1800's reproduction fabrics, that I really should use up, instead of purchasing new fabric.  I have used my reds and shirting fabric, and pinks and shirtings, in previous projects.  I found I had lots of browns and blues, so started cutting 1.5 inch strips for yet another log cabin quilt.  Yes I have the log cabin pattern on my brain.

I plan on having 4 'logs' on each side of this block, for a 10 inch block.  This is what I have now to show you:

Just 2 rounds on each side but you see the look.  I will not have a light/dark contrast but I am hoping for a rich look when I am done.  More work will be done on these blocks later today.

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Avignon Picnic bound and done

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First an update on my last post, on the pink and white log cabin quilt:  It is back from the quilter's!  Swirling feathers are quilted all over.  I may not get to trim and bind it until after Christmas, or even early next year.

This post:  a finish, thought not a home for this one yet.  The pattern is Avignon Picnic, and the top is done in unbleached muslin and 1930's reproduction fabric.  Close to my usual finished size, about 60 -70 inches by 80 or 85 inches.

And a close up, as I always do:

You can't really see it, but the quilting pattern is leaves.  The top was pieced in 2018 (I think).  I have UFO's much older than that!  Maybe I'll get to them in 2021.  One can always plan.

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Pink and white log cabin top: it's going to be a big quilt

Hello and welcome to my blog.  I have been busy at my day job, and busy off and on in my sewing room.  Many pink and white strips have been sewn together to make 10.5 inch (unfinished) log cabin blocks.  Imagine my dismay when I measured some blocks and many were 10.75 inches, and some were 10.5 inches. Clearly I need to work on sewing an exact 1/4 inch seam.  And my dismay when the clear plastic shoeboxes I use to hold my strips were still half full after I was done!  I do tend to not count pieces and to overcut.

I went ahead and sewed the blocks together, following the seam allowances of the smaller blocks, and if some outer 'logs' are a little bit skinnier, no one will notice.  I finished on Monday night.  It's a monster quilt top, for me!  9 by 10 blocks, or 90 by 100 inches:

Only a portion of the top.  My floor space is about 70 by 90 inches.  Curiously (or not) most of my bigger quilts are 70 by 90 inches.

A close up:

Many different reproduction pinks, shirtings, cream fabrics here.  

On Tuesday I took this top and backing fabric to the long arm quilter I use.  She will add swirling feathers to this, and use a wool batt.

Next: I am not done with the log cabin pattern.  I have many blue and brown Civil War reproduction fabrics to bust.  That is my next project to cut before the New Year.

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Pink and white log cabin: progress report

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I reported in a previous post the start of this project: a log cabin quilt top in reproduction pink and white fabrics.  I dug deep into my stash. I have been very busy in my day job the past two weeks, but I managed to finish some blocks to show today:

Each log finishes at one inch wide, and the finished block will be 10 inches square.

Laid out as I hope to set them:

This is very similar to a red and white log cabin quilt I finished earlier this year.  I like the stair step look of this straight furrows setting.  This is just the beginning, I have quite a bit more sewing to do!  I cut many many white and pink strips.  I hope to have a 80 inch by 90 inch quilt, maybe even larger!  It too will go to a local long arm quilter for quilting, and I will bind later.

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Why not a new project?

 I wrote last week about a finished quilt top - off to the long arm quilter soon.  Why not start a new project?  Yes, why not?

I have in mind a pink and white or cream log cabin quilt similar to the red and white log cabin I posted previously.  These strips are cut 1.5 inches wide for a finished width of 1 inch.  There is actually a pretty tall stack of strips here.  All of these pink strips fill a shoe box fully - which means that with the white strips to come, I will have enough for a 70 by 90 inch quilt, easy, if not larger.  Going through my extensive stash of pink fabrics, mostly reproduction double pinks, has been soothing in this crazy election season.  Now to attack my white and cream shirting fabrics!  You can see I have started on them.

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Double 4 patch is a top now

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I have been very busy at my day job so I haven't gotten into my quilting space until this past weekend.  I concentrated my time on getting my double 4 patch project to a finished top.  I blogged about the beginnings of this project in August of this year.

Having purchased new fabric for the borders, we have a top:

I used this border fabric in a previous quilt and liked it so much I bought more.  It's from the Hickory Road line if I remember correctly.  Size: about 70 by 90 inches.

A view of one corner:

This is a good block to used up scraps or stash.  Each white square finishes at 1.5 inches.  The finished block is 6 inches square.  Now it is off to the long arm quilter that I patronize - she does wonderful work.  No home for this one, yet.

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A finish: Red and white log cabin

 Hello and welcome.

I have been working on this off and on.  Started in December 2019, and blogged about in this post.  I finally took it to be long armed quilted this year.  It recently came back, looking lovely with quilted swirling feathers on a wool batting that puffs up so nicely.

No borders; I bound with a red fabric I had saved for just this purpose.  About 70 by 90 inches.

And a close up view:

The logs finish at 1 inch wide.  I bind by sewing the binding to the back, flipping it over to the front and pressing then pinning, then top stitching down with a closely matching thread.

I like this one so much I have put it on my bed, and slept under it last night and the night before.  Heavenly!

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Just an update

 Hello and welcome to my blog.  I have just a quick update today.  My Crayon box project now has a border and is a completed top.  I had a navy blue fabric (2.5 yards) that toned down all the brown in the quilt blocks.

Yes that's navy blue fabric not black.  The Crayon Box blocks are set next to each other, not with sashing as the original pattern suggested.

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How big a quilt? I have an answer

 Two weeks ago I posed a question:  Given a shoe box stuffed with 2.5 inch strips, and a plan to make a Crayon box quilt, how big a quilt would I be able to make?

I added a number of 4.5 inch plain squares, called for by the pattern by Bonnie Hunter.

I have sewn the strips together, and partially assembled the top:

As to the answer: 49 12 inch blocks, set 7 by 7,  for a 84 by 84 inch quilt, not counting any added borders.  All that came from this box:

And this is what is left:

Not quite enough (or with enough variety) to make 7 more blocks, and therefore a rectangular quilt.

Still, 84 by 84 inches, from one shoe box.  I shudder when I think of the size of my stash.

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How big a quilt can I make?

 A few weeks ago I had a cutting party and cut many strips and squares to use up scraps and fat quarters of Civil War reproduction fabrics.  They were overflowing a number of clear shoe boxes.  In the box below I have lots of strips 2.5 inches wide, and 12 to 20 inches long.  I started trimming these to the sizes needed for a Crayon Box quilt (pattern by Bonnie Hunter, on her Quiltville web page.)

The trimmed strips are at the bottom.  Now you may say, "Hey, Viridian, didn't you just make a Crayon Box Quilt using 30's reproduction fabrics?"  Well, yes I did.  But I like this pattern and it uses up so much fabric!  If your fabric has a theme and you have many different fabrics, it turns out so well!

My question:  Above is standard shoe box, filled with 2.5 inch strips.  How big a quilt can I make from this cut fabric?  I have already cut quite a few block pieces and the box is only slightly less full.  I am thinking a full or a queen sized quilt.  Amazing how big a top once can get from a shoe box of fabric.  I'll keep track of this project and report back when I have a finished top.

School has started and I haven't been able to work on other current projects, such as the double 4 patch.  Maybe next week.

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Crayon Box quilt done

 Hello and welcome.  Life is speeding up as the fall semester of my University get closer - I start on Monday!  But for the end of summer I finished up an older UFO.  I think I pieced it in 2018, and had a local long arm quilter quilt it in 2019.  It is Crayon Box, a pattern by Bonnie Hunter, resized for using 2 inch strips.  I used a variety of 30's and 40's reproduction fabrics.

Unbleached muslin is used for the center squares.  The 30's fabrics are the same style, so they play well together, even with widely different colors.

I ran out of the yellow I used for the border, so used another fabric to prepare binding.  This three yard length of fabric has been used for binding for two quilts now.  Size is about 72 by 90 inches, a little larger than I usually do.

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Double 4 patch in progress

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In my last post I listed three projects that were next in line, and how I was cutting up scraps and pieces of Civil war reproduction fabric for them.  Well today I can report on progress on one of these, the double 4 patch.  Blocks are laid out, but not sewn together yet.

I thought the browns and blues would lead to a dull quilt so I cut lots of yellows and red fabrics.  So it is now a bit more lively than I thought.  A close-up:

This quilt will be a record of my fabric collection.  Actually only a portion - there are boxes of fabric I didn't pull down form the shelves!

Final size?  I'll determine this when I run out of cut fabric pieces.  Probably about 60 by 80 inches, which is the size of the floor I use for laying out projects. (Grin).

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Happy Surprises now a top

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It took a few weeks, but I finally have a top.  As described in this post, I worked on a newly published pattern in the June American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.  The quilt block is not square, and there is the illusion of continuous columns, as seen in the picture below:

I used various pieces, scraps, and fat quarters of bright 1930's reproduction fabrics.  The top is about 48 by 68 inches, so a throw size.  

Below: a close up and the picture of the larger quilt in the APQ magazine.

(The project size in the magazine was more like 82 by 90+ inches.)  Whew!  I am glad it's a top, and I am in no rush to quilt it.  I will probably send it to a local lady who does wonderful long arm quilting.

On to the next project!  I am pulling out Civil War reproduction fabrics (of which I have Many!) and cutting for three projects: a double four patch, the Growing up Odd Quilt  from the Wedding Dress Blue blog, and the Crayon Box pattern ( Free pattern from Bonnie Hunter).

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After a finish, a new start

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I showed in my last post a lovely finish of a vintage-looking 4 patch quilt.
With a finish, I allow myself a new start.  This project came from a very recent issue of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.  Not their cover quilt but tucked inside at the back.  I think it's called Happy Surprises. (The magazine is in my sewing room.)  A non-square block and an interesting visual play on columns caught my attention so I have been cutting squares and triangles from 30's reproduction fabrics and sewing away.

Blocks laid out on the floor - what I have so far:

I have added the unbleached muslin to most of the blocks - not the ones on the top.  A view of an individual block:

 The quilt in the magazine was shown as 80 by 100 inches or something like that - mine will be much smaller.

If you start on this pattern:  accurate cutting and sewing is a must to have the blocks turn out the same size.  Some of mine are varying by 1/8 inch, which I think I can manage in setting these together.  Also the instructions say to press all seams open.  I find this annoying but I must admit it helps the seam intersections lay flat.  Note 6 triangles come together in some places.  I will continue on this project this week and get it to a top.  Then I'll decide what to do next - probably send it to the local long arm lady, who does a wonderful job.

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Finish: Vintage 4 patch is done

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I pieced this quilt top in 2019 and it languished for a while.  I finally added borders and sent it off to a local lady who does long arm quilting.  I got it back a few weeks ago.

The quilting, on a wool batt, is marvelous!  The batting puffs up a bit more than thin cotton batting.  Time to finish this quilt.  I prepared red binding.  Lately I am finishing the binding by machine because it goes so much quicker, and I have gotten better at stitching the front down.

I cut binding strips at 2.5 inches. iron in half.  I trim the quilt, machine on the binding to the backside.  I join the two ends of binding using the method described HERE.  Then flip over to the front side, iron down, and pin into place.  Now it's time to topstitch the binding.

Using a closely matching thread can hide a lot of uneven stitching.  I stitch close to the edge, and I don't worry about the line of stitching on the back side.  I am not submitting these quilts to a competition.

The final quilt, with a peek at the back:

And a close up of the wonderful quilting:

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Scrappy Mountain Majesty is a top

As described in this post, I was at loose ends and cast about for a project.  Well, I worked on the blocks and I can now report that Scrappy Mountains Majesty (pattern by Bonnie Hunter) is now a top:

Fabric is from 10 or more years ago, and includes flowery calicos, blenders, and 1930's reproductions:

I also found that I had pre-cut squares of fabric suitable for watercolor quilts - remember them?  And the fabric for the border had been in the stash for a very long time, maybe 20 -30 years?  I have enough for a border and matching binding.

The border is black with small holly design.
I think I will quilt this myself on my trusty old Kenmore.  It is throw sized.  No rush however, no plans for this one.

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New start: Scrappy Mountains Majesty

My previous quilt finished, I was at loose ends.  What to do?  I thought about squares I had cut for a project over 10 years ago, and sought them out.  And searched and searched.  Finally I unearthed a set of 8.5 inch squares prepped for Scrappy Mountain Majesties by Bonnie Hunter, found on her Free patterns page.  I had even printed out the instructions!

Mostly green and light neutral fabrics, a few reds, and I think I was thinking of a Christmas quilt.  Well, not much red, so let's sew up some green and white blocks:

Now, they are not sewn together yet.  I have tried two layouts of the blocks and I like this one.
This pattern works up nicely but I would recommend:
1. reading through the directions all the way, carefully,
2. and making a test block or two, being sure you know the method.

I had no problems, but I was glad I made a test block before starting making the blocks two at a time.  I'll continue on these blocks this week and next, and it looks like I have enough squares cut for a lap quilt.

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Corner Kick quilt is done

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I started this project on the last day of 2019 - sewing strips and crosscutting them.  I blogged about it in this post.
The pattern is from Gray Barn Designs, and is an interesting take on jelly roll quilts:
https://graybarndesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Corner-Kick-06-06-19.pdf

It is now quilted and bound:

Tropical batik jelly rolls strips, accented in yellow.  I did not have enough of that yellow for binding, so bought a closely matching batik for binding.  Back is a purple swirling print.  I have quilted it in straight lines in the ditch on my trusty old Kenmore sewing machine - about all I can manage as I never got the hang of free motion quilting.

A close-up:

It is about 50 by 60 inches. so a lap sized quilt.  No home or use for it right now, but maybe something will come to me.

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Continuing project: Red and white log cabin top

At some point last year, long before all the corona virus, I saw a red and white log cabin quilt pictured on Facebook.  If I could remember who made it, or who on Facebook posted it, I would gladly acknowledge them.  Alas, I did not write it down.  I did save my inspiration photo however:

Not an antique but with that antique look.  I busily cut strips of red and white fabrics.  I may have added to my stash with selected purchases.  😄  My blog post outlining my start is here.

Yellow centers, not 9 patches, no pink, just red and white fabrics:

Laid out on the design floor, some blocks sewn together:

This will keep me occupied for awhile!  The logs finish at 1 inch, the blocks are 10 inches square, and the quilt will be 70 by 90 inches.  I made 64 blocks, initially planning on a set of 8 blocks by 8 blocks, but 7 by 9 blocks works better on a bed.  No borders for this project, just a scrappy red binding.

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Film at Five is now a top

First off, this pattern is from the blog of Wedding Dress Blue, and I have had my eye on it for some time.
The start of this project is described in this post.
Continuing on is described in this post.
Well in this time of COVID-19 I soldiered on and finished all the sashing, used up almost all my unbleached muslin on hand, and now have a top:

In my messy sewing corner of the basement.

A closeup of the vintage feedsack and other fabrics:

I used 2 inch squares to start, so each square is 1.5 inches finished.  Whew!  It turned out a bit bigger than I had initially planned.
Now to decide about quilting it: myself on my trusty domestic machine?  Or sent it out to a local long-arm quilter?  Well I will decide later.
This top is now off my 'design floor' and a set of red and white log cabin blocks has taken its place.

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Triple star is a top

I started the triple star project in February 2020, and how long ago it seems.

The pattern is by Kim Brackett in her book Scrap basket Beauties.  I last blogged about it in late February - I had a number of blocks laid out on the floor.

Then COVID-19 hit and I was working my (mostly) mindless piecing of Film at Five.  I needed my 'design floor' to be available.  So I cut sashing from my background fabric and started assembly.  And problems ensued.

16 blocks, sewn together in rows of 4, and then join the rows together - this should work right?  Two rows did but one row was too short by 3/8 inch, so I sewed on a coping strip.  The last row was too long by 3/8 of an inch and I didn't feel like ripping out the long seam and adjusting the sashing.  So I sewed the rows together, adding plain borders, and cut the points off:

Note the bottom 'points'.  Well it is relatively minor but I am still disappointed.  The whole top looks like this:

I had purchased special fabric for an outer border, and I was going to have a local long arm quilter quilt it for me.  Now I am disappointed in the outcome and have set it aside.  Maybe later I will quilt it on my own sewing machine, in straight lines.

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Film at Five continues

In this time of COVID-19 I am continuing my (nearly) mindless piecing of borders for my interpretation of Film at Five, a pattern by Wedding Dress Blue. Starting the project post is here.   I have the blocks of 25 pieces done, and I am piecing the borders.  The borders, which remind one of film sprocket holes, are part of the original pattern.

I did have a large piece of off-white fabric cut off from a backing, to use here.  Wow these borders take a lot of fabric!  I have used up the large piece and I have dug into my mound of cut off backing and batting to find another large-ish piece.  And I did find such a piece.  Good for me for saving wide backing, because all the quilt and fabric shops are closed.

This quilt will be 6 blocks by 6 blocks and turned out a bit bigger than I originally anticipated.  Here is a close up of a few blocks sewn together:

I can see some of my collection of feedsack fabrics and other vintage fabrics.

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A finish -- Weedwhacker

I have a finish!

A top I pieced in 2018, quilted by a local long arm quilter in big loops in 2019, and bound by me in this time of COVID-19.  And yes I labeled it with the date and with the COVID-19 information.

About 60 inches by 77 inches.  The pattern is Weedwhacker from Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville blog, one of her generous free patterns.  This is one of the quilts that came out of 2 shoeboxes full of 2 inch strips.  I cut them for a different project, then lost my inspiration.  4 throw or single bed quilts and a doll quilt later, the boxes are almost empty - scary.  The fabrics are all 30's reproduction prints.

My other COVID project, Film at Five, is paused, but I will get back to it soon!  Maybe even today.

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Film at Five - beginning

Catching time as I can this week between teaching on line and supervising children to do more sewing done on this project, the Film at Five pattern by Wedding Dress Blue.

I had finished 36 25 - patch blocks, when I stopped and counted.  A good place to stop, a fairly big quilt.  Yesterday and today I worked on the sashing and corner units.  I have more to go, but I laid out what I have to get an idea of what the final top will look like.

Just 6 blocks but it's a beginning.  More white fabric to cut!  I am using a big leftover piece from a wide backing fabric.

We are well here and lucky to be in a good place in this time of COVID-19.  We have food, a good home, and secure jobs.  I still worry about my kids and family, and about others affected by this virus.  Many many people sick and dying, their loved ones, and those who have lost jobs.  April 2020 is going to be a tough month.  I will definitely label this quilt as a COVID-19 quilt when I am done.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Piecing in the time of corona virus

Well I am back to this blog after a month away.  I had been working on my previous project - triple stars by Kim Brackett.

Then March happened, specifically mid-March to now.  My University suspended in person classes, then the state went to stay at home orders.  You would think that meant more time for piecing and quilting, right?  No, three grown children to supervise, one special needs.  And I couldn't settle down to a project that needed thinking skills, with all the things on my mind, anxiety, etc.  So why not some mostly mindless sewing, say of simple  2 inch squares?

I am sewing these together into 25 patch units, for the pattern Film at Five by Wedding Dress Blues.  Her directions are for 2.5 inch squares. I am using 2 inch squares (the pattern is easy to modify) and real feedsack and vintage fabric obtained at flea markets, antique fairs, and ebay.  I am just sewing away and counting blocks as I finish them.  I have no idea how big this will be when I am done.

Finished blocks so far, in several piles:

I like the way this is turning out.  Not pictured here:  the sashing and corner units, which I am also piecing.  If this COVID-19 continues I may start another version of this, in 2.5 inch squares, using all my scraps.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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triple star in 30's reproduction fabrics

Once again I have a new start - I can't seem to help it!  A number of new starts I have shown previously will go to a local long arm quilter in a few weeks, and will eventually get done.
In the meantime...
Perusing the book Scrap Basket Beauties by Kim Brackett (from the library) I came across her triple star pattern.  How delightful to do this in 30's reproduction fabrics, with an off-white background:

I have 8 blocks done and I will sash them with the same off white fabric.
A close up:

Fabric pieces are cut 2.5 inches wide, to finish at 2 inches wide.  More sewing this week on these blocks.  I may stop at 12 blocks, rather than the 16 in the book pattern.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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