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Crafting, Finished Tops, Monochrome Quilt Challenge, Quilting

Ending to the ending

So, because I didn’t pay very good attention to the pattern, I ended up with another whole set of the “bars” left over – well 44 to be exact!  So, what was I going to do with them…

I have seen this pattern around and it’s on my pinterest list, so I thought, why not, I’ve got just about everything I need to whip this up…so I did.

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This little one ( 56″ square ) really turned out so neat. It was so much fun using up those blocks. Because the red blocks were already done, I whipped this one together in a few days. I wish the quilting process was going to be that easy!

Now, what to do with the whole pile of left over strips and squares – I have enough to make both red quilts again!   It was so soothing and comforting cutting up all that red fabric – but now I have to use it!

Crafting, Finished Tops, General, Monochrome Quilt Challenge, Quilting

The ending to the journey

I love this block – it’s not square for a change (but, I found that you really have to pay attention to the instructions when putting together the sub-blocks when they are not square.

 

So I figured out, almost too late that the key to putting this top together is to pay attention to instructions and most of all direction of blocks.

There blocks were 5″  x 8″, the directions tell you to sew them in 5 rows, 8 blocks long. Can you guess which way I did it?   Yep, I ended up with a top that was about 24″ wide and 64″: long – really?! So out came the ripper, what a mess I had everywhere.

But all in all, it turned out so nice, larger than I expected, but it really came together nicely, once I paid attention.

Completed Red

I did make a few notes in my magazine/book to help with this pattern, but the biggest thing I figured out, and I figured it out in the beginning is that putting the half “X” blocks together like this (below) made a huge difference on how everything fit together. And, I’m pretty proud of this block – it’s darn near perfect!

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Crafting, General, Monochrome Quilt Challenge, Quilting

Start to the end of the journey

Usually Christmas time is a busy time of year, but this year it’s pretty calm.

I am down to the last color of my color wheel challenge – Red. Good timing, being December and Christmas time. But I didn ‘t want to do a Christmas Quilt – too cliche.

I found my pattern early and started cutting up my fabric in strips and squares. I didn’t know I had so much red  – well, maybe I did, but just didn’t want to admit it.Red strips & squares

So I kept cutting and cutting and cutting.

I filled a bowl with both 2 1/2 x 5″ strips and a bowl with 2 1/2″ squares. I have a huge mound of red.

This months pattern I found in the block magazine from Missouri Star Quilt Company – Love her daily deals too – I have indulged in way too many of those deals as well!

A hint, to the pattern.

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