LAST OF THE NINE-PATCHES

I've been working on making the nine-patches for the Pi quilt on and off the last week or so.

Today I made the last of them.  Yoo-hoo!

The last few rows still need to be sewn together.  

I ordered some black and white fabric with numbers for the backing.  It should be here soon. In the meantime, I think I'll make a legend to go on the back to explain what's happening on the front.

SEWING ON A HOLIDAY

 I spent the time between breakfast and an early dinner finishing putting rows on and putting the blocks up on the design wall.

SEWING ROWS

I got down to the bottom of my design wall.  I can't add any more rows.  So, I'm sewing the rows together.  I want to put several more rows on the bottom still.

THREE DONE

Three rows done... 

FIRST LETTERED

I got the rows sewed together on the first of three Lettered quilt tops.

I still need to put a small row of white around the outside.

SEWING ROWS

I came up with a name - it's Birdbox.

I fussed over using different colors for the sashing.  In the end, I went ahead with with the parts I had already prepared.

I got the major rows sewed together today.  

ROW BY ROW

I'm sewing the triangles in each row together, but not sewing the rows to each other.  I was thinking I might flip every other one so that all of the triangles that line up vertically point in the same direction.

I've got about half of the rows sewn now. I'm really loving how this seams-pressed-open looks on the back.  It takes a little more time, but it's going to be worth it.

The top half has the triangles sewn together and the triangles are vertically all pointing in the same direction.  The bottom half, that I haven't sewn together is how I originally put it up on the wall, with every other row the triangles are going the opposite directions.  (This is very hard to explain, I hope you're following me). 

TWO ROWS

I've just got two of the rows sewn, and I realized that I had miscalculated and it was going to be too wide if I went ten across.  So, I stopped at nine across and added another row to the bottom.

And, I included a picture of the backing that I'm drawing the colors from.

BLOCKS INTO ROWS

Then, I put the blocks and sashing and cornerstones up on the design wall.  I need to make sure I get the pattern and colors going the right direction.

Then I take them down, a row at a time, sew the row together, then put it back up on the wall.