Originally Posted by snicktrain
Looks beautiful. Also looks like a LOT of work. How long did this take you??
Well, spent a day pulling all my fabrics, then another day going block pattern by block pattern and pulling my colors for each block. Then I took 2-3 days cutting the pieces for each block, and putting them in a zip lock and writing the block's pattern # on each. There are a total of 50 blocks, plus the large center block. I put all of the blocks in order in a box, and sewed my way from Block #1 to block 51. I made 6-8 blocks a week, did the border blocks that are around the large center block, and did the HST''s for the outer borders. I was having fun seeing each block completed, so the 2-3 months it took to get them all done was a happy time. Then I had the fun of the layout, switching blocks around, and making the final decision as to which of the 12" blocks I wanted in the center and getting the borders put around that one. Didn't really keep track of how long it too me from start to finish - best guess is about 5-6 months.