1030 squares later…

I must say it was a bit of " digging in and doing the hard yards" to finish this top. i got so close then things went a bit pear shaped, which necessitated some unpicking. This would have been ok but with some of the fabrics I had, it was a disaster. But first the finished top

Finishing at 75" x 90", it actually is the perfect size for my 6'5 son. After needing to unpick a few ( read multiple) times to get my squares in the right order ( it never ceases to amaze me that you can have 40+ different fabrics and yet still have them randomly end up in the same spot in a row), I discovered that some of the fabrics I'd chosen, which had a looser weave, fell apart as I unpicked them. This of course led me to having to totally remove them from their rows. sigh....

Lesson learnt!
But I really loved this pattern so I will be trying it again.

Been doing some stripping😉

So I have begun a new quilt for one of my boys, piecing 96 strips and then cutting them up again. By the end there will be nearly a 1000 squares....in fact I'm tempted to add some on the back to get to the milestone!

Bordered Nine-patch Finish

Quilted, bound and gifted! Finished on my holiday to visit family on the Far North Coast of NSW....so wet and so green!

My Mum has a regular visitor who lives under the outside light, and has a buffet each night

He can watch the telly from there, too!