IT WAS ENOUGH!

Yes, there was enough binding, in fact, there was about 2-1/2 feet left!

It's on and ironed over and ready to be sewn down on the back.

QUILTING DONE, BINDING MADE

I'm still not sure if I'll have enough of this black and purple fabric that I'm using for the binding, but it's been cut out and ready to go.  If there isn't enough, I don't know what I'll do.  There is not enough of any of the other fabrics, this was the biggest piece of the leftovers.

If you want to see more about how I make bias binding, go here.

PINNING THE DOGS

PIECED BACK

She brought me a panel that matches the main fabric used on the quilt top to use for the back.

It was going the wrong direction and it wasn't big enough, so I had to cut it apart, add some stuff and sew it back together.

I made a label and pieced it in, too.

Took me most of today.  (After I took the dogs for their walk of course).

RAFFLE QUILT TOP DONE

Dog days:

SETTING DECIDED

Wow, I've gone round and round about how to set the blocks.  I used Electric Quilt to try out several options, but then just resorted to putting them up on the wall.

I settled on this:

I had to make a few more blocks and the cornerstones of the black and white.

HERE WE GO!

Over the weekend I got all of the smaller half-square-triangle squares sewn together and ironed.

I took them to work with me and got them all trimmed down.

Aren't the colors just beautiful!

SQUARING SMALL BLACK TRIANGLES

BLACK TRIANGLE SQUARES

I sewed up the colored triangles with the black triangles.

I counted 113 as I was ironing them...

I think I need 116.  Drat.

CUTTING TRIANGLES

I cut out almost all of the small triangles, just have the whites left to do.

My method is to cut half square triangles out oversized then trim them down after they are joined together - I find I get more accurate results that way.

I trimmed up half of the larger triangles that I made the other day.  Then it got too hot in the studio.

BIG SQUARES CUT AND PIECED

Here is the main center square, consisting of two half-square triangles, cut and sewn together.  

Back to chain piecing - haven't done this in a while.

35 squares is all I need

RAFFLE QUILT PROJECT

One of the gals I work with, Wanda, asked me if I'd make a quilt from dog fabrics for a raffle to benefit her dog club.

Of course I would.

She went shopping and we texted back and forth with pictures and suggestions until we settle on a group of fabrics.

Here they are, they are mostly Laurel Burch, and some batiks:

I washed them and took them up to my studio and couldn't help but add a few of my own fabrics.  I added the white fabrics and the three black ones on the right.

I think I have a plan, simple yet hopefully, interesting.  The problem was cutting the dog fabric diagonally, then every other one would be upside down if I set them all same.  So, it took me several variations until I came upon this one, which will eliminate that problem for me.  Adding the white triangles will help break it up, while the black triangles pop the bright colors.

Doesn't have to be done until September, but I should get going on it soon.