Needlework Monday is here! I am super excited to report on the progress of the quilt I am making for my niece, Gwen! I just love the way the top has turned out - just perfect for a little girl.
I decided to go with squares all around the stars in order to add to the quilt some. I cut out a bunch of 4.5 inch squares from coordinating fabrics. It really took a lot of squares to have enough to go around all nine stars.
Then I started sewing together each square in a random order. I had 4-6 squares of each fabric cut out. I sewed some into lines 4 squares long, some 5 and some 3. I tried to mix the fabrics all up so that no two alike were next to each other.
Next came laying out the pieces to see my progress and figure out how many more of each length I needed. Still a little work to go, but thankfully sewing squares together doesn't take a lot of time!
After getting all of the lengths finished, I laid out the whole quilt how I wanted it on the ground. I'm glad that I took a picture at this point because the dogs decided to come in from the rain (soaking wet) and have a wrestling match on top of the laid out quilt top!! I was not a happy mama! There were fabric pieces flying in the air as they "played" with their newfound "toy" that was laying on "their" wrestling rug! Thankfully no animals and no fabric pieces were hurt in the process!
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Did not get a pic of them wrestling on the fabric as I was frantically trying to get them off!
Here they are showing off their incredible wrestling skills.
Somehow I managed to get them off and out of the room while I finished sewing together the pieces to make the top. It ended up looking cuter than I thought it was going to! I was very happy with the final product and I know that Gwen will like it. Perhaps purple will become her favorite color as well!
Be sure to check back next week when I show how I pieced together the quilt back. It's not quite done at this point, but it's getting close!
#needleworkmonday initiated by @crosheille
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