For a long time, I've felt that 40 might be my last quilt. It always felt like a distant number, but had no meaning beyond that. But I realize now that's wrong, it has to be 55. So far, that's how long Curt has been left behind in Vietnam. One quilt a year for surviving forces, that made it home.
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Choosing fabric from my stash |
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First into strips, then into triangles |
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Enough triangles to start building blocks |
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How I begin my block builds, then stack to rows |
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The first two rows laid into blocks |
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The 3rd row going together |
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Using the row above to build the 4th |
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The last two rows set up ready to sew |
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6 strips set and sewed, laid out into quilt top |
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Sandwich built for the first 2 strips |
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Sandwiching the last 2 strips |
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Quilting, stitching backwards to build the top |
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Top two thirds quilted, pinning on last |
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Changed! Bottom added and pinned. |
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