Petite plaid is now a top

 I am so surprised I made it through to this finish…I have enough pink strips to make strips to match the two pink sides. I don’t know if I want to I’m just glad to be done!  Next up is quilting Penny….

I hoped to finish the blocks…

 This has been the most difficult quilt I’ve ever attempted, it would have been easier had I read and done the main instruction:  make a sample test of your seam allowance to get the correct size of the block!  Why did I think I could just wing it!  So many seams..I’m hopeful I can make a fairly presentable quilt…here are some blocks.  Don’t zoom in!

Petite plaid and problems

 I can’t seem to do anything without some mistakes…so frustrating. After discovering I cut a strip set the WRONG width, as well as forgetting to move the needle before sewing, I’m redoing a couple of strips and of course don’t have enough leftover fabric. So I ordered more. These two blocks include one mistake and if I use them I’ll try to place them to be inconspicuous!  It’s really not as much fun anymore….

Petite Plaid quilt

 I started this quilt a few weeks ago but hit a little bump in the road because I couldn’t seem to understand the directions.  After a few videos were watched I finally got it!  How stupid of me… so here is the first block, 15 more to go. Oh my so many seams to match!  From a distance the lines look straight, but not really!  The eye expects to see a straight line…   I’ve made some ironing errors and the seams are supposed to be pressed open  this is definitely a test of my patience.

 

Penny top is complete

 Just finished sewing rows together.. I need to stay stitch around the edges since a lot of bias pieces. I really like it!

Penny quilt

 I finished all 24 blocks, sweet production line assembly. Now the hard part, laying it out. Nearly impossible not to have similar fabrics close, but I’m still switching blocks around. The cat messed my layout a bit…

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Some more blocks

 This is half the needed blocks. I should be able to finish the last 12 blocks by sewing them all at one time, assembly line fashion…