I wasn't completely sold on the order, but I knew I wanted the bright pink print in the middle,
The next step is to cut each of these strips into squares. The strips are 5 1/2" wide....so I'm cutting 5 1/2" squares. And, darn, if I didn't start daydreaming and cut a couple of strips only 5". Oops, well, thank goodness I had some extra fabric. I ended up with 14 squares of each print.
Then I got to put my new design wall to use! My parents gave me this for Christmas and it came in so handy! I started at the upper left, made a zigzag pattern with the first fabric, and then continued with each of the other squares. You turn each square 90 degrees to make the zigzag pattern. Another thing I like about laying out the squares on the design wall is that I could easily move them around to match sizes....since apparently my 1/4" seams aren't very consistent. (I think I may need to invest in a 1/4 inch piecing foot.) Oops, notice the 5" square on the far right, second row. I didn't realize that one was cut wrong until I put it up on the wall. It's been replaced now.
Time to sew this quilt top together. You sew diagonally rows, so starting on the upper right, I sewed the last two pink plaid squares together. Then I sewed the four squares together that are to left of it diagonally. I tried to separate the sections in this photo to give you an idea of how I went through the process. I left the squares on the design board until I was ready to sew them so I wouldn't get the order and arrangement messed up.
By the fourth diagonal, I was piecing 8 squares together. I thought it may be better to sew the upper 4 together, then the lower 4 squares, and finally sewing these two strips together. I only got as far as the fourth diagonal today, but things are looking good. Will continue tomorrow.
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