Almost Done

Phew, this 9 patch has been HARD WORK. Never ending, and all the little seam pressings in between ! I was determined to finish the top yesterday! It was over 30 Degrees outside and I was struggling. Nine o'clock last night I had it! But, the piecing is done and I just need to go around to my local quilt shop and get  more of the plain fabric for the borders. But I am happy so far.... a bit worried about some 'waves' around the outer edge, must have stretched it somehow. Hope the borders will rectify it somehow!

Slowly getting there

I managed to get a few of the 9 patch blocks sashed. The quilt will have 10 blocks per row and 12  blocks going down. I was going to do just the plain homespun sashing between the rows, but as I bought a layer cake in the same fabric I might add a square in order to have a chain effect..... will show you later what I meant when it's done.

My messy dining room table as a result!

My friend and I popped in at another popular patchwork shop in Wyong today by the name of Blueberries. I bought a little Moda kit to make the Lil Zippered Purse by Vickie E and quickly whipped it up when I got home, all done in an hour. Even my two  teenagers are impressed!

9 Patch Blocks ALL DONE ! yeah

the Jelly Roll I bought at the recent CraftExpo (previous post) has now been cut and sewn and I finished them all over the weekend. HUNDRED AND TWENTY of them. Now I need to work out the sashing !

Jelly Roll 9 Patch

After hours and hours visiting so many other fabulous quilting blogs and looking at tons of photos I am putting my new Jelly Roll to use and started a 9 Patch project.  I don't have a pattern, so it grows as we go.  After a few trial cuts and unpicking I now figured out what length to cut the JR strips and even made the first 9 blocks tonight.