I made a lot of progress on the Beach Bovines quilt top today... ALMOST done.
First, I had to finish framing out the 'boys'...
Here they are piled up with the girls - or at least one of the boys is.. maybe I didn't take a pic after I finished the framing. Next came the sashing...
Then came the first side of the inner border... and did I do it the easy way by finding checkerboard fabric and then just slice to size? Oh heck, no, that would have been too easy (and a lot more fun)... nope, these are two strips sewn together ( one black and one white), pressed open and then sliced into 1 1/2" blocks
which were then sewn into long strips - 50 pieces/pairs for each long side... I think I'll need 48 for each of the top and bottom inner borders. I've started working on them, but it's after 10:30 and I'd rather wait til morning to start fresh.
This has been so much fun to do; I don't know why I waited so long to get started on it. I guess I let other quilt patterns take priority when maybe I shouldn't have.
On another note... one of my quilts that I displayed in the quilt show this past weekend was my Caught Ya! that I did as a block of the month last year. I heard there were several men who were drawn to it and really liked it.
That's really why I make quilts... because it's something that I enjoy doing and people seem to like the ones I do.
Ok, it's off to bed for me in just a very few minutes. First, I have a game or two of Words with Friends to play with one of my nieces and possibly a couple of other players.
TTYL
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