I’ve been beavering away on the quilt for my DD which was based on two different Grandma’s Album quilts.  Cath chose most of the blocks and some are my own creations.  I guess it was laid aside for years as the blocks had now become different in size to the original and also Cath liked the idea of having a black surround on each, instead of just around the house.

Last week I cut 3″ blocks and pieced them, finding that because of the size difference I had to fiddle and even cut some half blocks.  Luckily it’s not madly noticable because of the differing patches.  well that’s my version and I’m sticking to it.

After concentrating on cutting blocks and not knowing how many I’d need, I found after I’d completed the top there were ten x 3″ blocks over.  Not such a bad guesstimate.

I then added another black border around the patches and hung it over the doorways to get the photo.

I found some of my freebie curtain ends included several metres of uncut brown striped curtain which, joined, was more than wide enough for the backing.  This now lays over my craft table with the batting and quilt top, waiting to be hand quilted.  I will just do some as I feel like it as there is no rush.  The most amaaazing thing about this quilt is that it was exactly 2 metres by 1 1/2 metres and no sides uneven.   Originally it was hand-cut but I now have a rotary cutter which makes the job so much easier.  It may look wonky on the sides but it is held by 3 dressmaker pins at the door tops.

Here it is so far – without the black border.

Catherine's quilt

I’m happy to say that my sane fabric box will now close without straining the lid and my backing fabrics are also being lowered.