I had a nice afternoon with Allyssia, and then got right back to work......actually, I even snuck in a little piecing while she was here, she is so sweet. Her mama told me not to bother giving her a bath right away, as she hadn't finished her lunch yet.......she was covered in chocolate, and I was handed a ziploc baggy of pizza pockets ! I told hubby that that meant that I couldn't get any pictures when she headed straight for my dollies, babbling "babby!" But, I couldn't resist, and snapped a few anyway..........hey, it's been a long time since I could document some good ol' PIG-MOOCHIES. And don't think I didn't grab me some, too, Kelley !
Back to the quilt-piecing.....
working on the diagonal like this, as I piece the squares into diagonal rows, some rows are completed before others, starting at the upper right hand corner. So, each time a row is completed, I add it to the previous finished ones, thereby piecing the long row seams as I go. This way, I won't have a gazillion rows to sew together at the finishing of the quilt-top.
I came across two turquoises that were SO CLOSE in hue that they may be indistinguishable in the finished top. It may look like I made one double row of the same color through the middle of the quilt. I'll just have to wait and see. I didn't dare remove that near-color set of strips, as the quilt-top is already pretty limited in size.
According to my count, I've now pieced 17 out of 27 rows. I did 9 yesterday, so that's not bad, getting another 8 done today. I think that it's because I've worked out a nice rhythm to my method now !
Love the colors you are working with! Cute little angel to visit with you today - how nice.
ReplyDeleteAllyssia is just darling, looks like you had fun!!
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