Snooze2978

Well, I finally got this top finished after 306 4-patch blocks sliced and diced, put back together to make this quilt top that came out just a bit larger than planned. 101 x 106. I had added 3 sashings plus a 6" border as they couple wanted it to go over their queen bed.

I had pulled the fabrics a couple years ago as they said they wanted a red/white checkerboard quilt but I had no idea what I was going to do until I saw this YouTube video on this optical illusion pattern. I tried one block using the gal's measurements of 3.25 and decided there wasn't enough to trim off to make a 6x6" block so I changed my cuttings to 3.50.

Using my rotating cutting mat was a big help also plus I used a titch of 505 spray to keep the block from moving around as I sliced it up. Had a bit of trouble cleaning the spray off afterwards but found the spray I used to remove the spray from my embroidery hoops worked the best.

I used all from my stash and almost screwed myself up when I gave my long scraps to a neighbor who also quilts but luckily she hadn't cut into the last strip I needed for my middle (red) sashing.

I also had a conduit pole installed up on my beam in the middle of my livingroom plus hooks with clips so I could start photographing my quilts in whole instead of only half at a time on my design wall. Haven't decided how I'm going to quilt this bad boy but I'm sure I'll use an E2E on the body, feather cable on the 3 sashings together and probably my go to piano keys for the border.

My very 1st test blocks were used to make a couple throw pillows plus I had just enough of the border fabric left over to add to the blocks.