Quilt-top finish "Making My Point"

 Just dropping in for a minute to document the finishing of my latest quilt top, "Making My Point". 

 This started out to be a  medium-sized lap quilt, with plus blocks in scraps with all neutral backgrounds.  First change made was the addition of the snowball corners in just a few places.  Then, after liking the looks of that, I decided that the quilt would grow quite a bit with minimal effort if I set that part on-point.  Of course, that was after falling in love with the compass/globe-view fabric at Walmart.  

 After placing that on the design wall, I thought that the corners looked too empty, so I dug out 3 orphan 'cross' blocks that I had which I thought fit the color scheme fairly well.  Just had to make one more !

Rather than piece them into the corners, I decided to applique them into place, and I made up a few small blocks to fill in some more space. 

Finishing with a square quilt kept bothering me when I knew that I had just enough leftover navy to make it atleast big enough to cover the top of a twin-sized bed.  So I divided what I had into fourths, pieced top and bottom border strips, and added them to make what I hope is the final finish of this top.

 

Now onto the search for a backing solution !!!!!!!!!! 

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Thread-basting in my living room on my old 1 x 2 frame pieces and legs.

Finished with a 62"wide piece of fabric and a solid teal from my stash.

 Just big enough for him to take on deployments.