Blocks All Pieced

Upon sewing a few blocks here and there, all blocks are pieced together!  They are all on my design wall and in the order of which I have started to piece the rows (on the diagonal).

Here is a before photo of the last two blocks needing piecing.

Last 2 blocks all arranged and ready for piecing.

Here is the after photo.  Yea!  Finally, all blocks pieced.

Last 2 blocks pieced neat and tidy.

After rearranging the blocks, I am now piecing them to the alternate blocks.  I am assembling the rows on the diagonal:

I must admit that I began to tire of piecing the individual blocks and had to nudge myself.  Now while I am assembling the rows, it is great fun.

My overall design wall progress this week:

More Design Walls are featured at Patchwork Times hosted by Judy.

Design Wall Monday

All the participants in Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times motivate me to keep moving forward with my quilt that is on my make-shift design wall.

This week I accomplished cutting out all the background fabric squares and triangles.  I completed one more churn dash block.  As you can see, I only have four (4) more blocks to go before I can proceed on  stitching them together.

Beginning to consider different border options.  A little bit of stitching and cutting here and there adds up.

Design Wall Monday

July1, 2013

Last week was my first participation Patchwork Times Design Wall Monday which is graciously hosted by Judy.

This week I should title my post "Design FLOOR Monday" as the above image is laid out on the floor and not on my new quick and easy design wall.  The reason is that I do not yet have my background fabric washed or alternate squares cut.  Therefore, I laid the dark fabric on the floor and put a few of the finished blocks on top.  I am happy with my intended affect.  A few more churn dash blocks need to be hand pieced.

A few days ago I attended the NQA Quilt Show in Columbus.  It was wonderful and motivating.  I plan to set aside time to get more stitching accomplished.  If interested in seeing some of the awesome quilts, see previous post or click here.

Have a safe, happy 4th of July!