I am guilty of starting this in My PDA, and am now moving it to pictures. the reason I started it there, was because it is going to be a long drawn out process, and will take a few weeks to finish, and didn't think anyone would be interested in it this early in the process.
This is a Navy and Blue pattern that I have had on my to do list for about 10 years. I am usually a scrap quilter, using several different materials in the same quilt, so this is a big step out of my comfort zone.
the first thing is to decide on the material. the finished quilt will be 90 inches by 108 inches. When I went to purchase the fabric, I had not written down how much I needed of each color. I came home with 4 yards of navy and 3 yards of white.And upon reading the directions, I realized that I didn't have enough material. So back I go to buy 3 more yards of navy and 1 more yard of the white. :roll: :roll:
Here is the pieces that I picked out.

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the first step was to start cutting it into strips, and all the setting rectangles.
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And on to the sewing of the strips together. And then ironing all of them. Here are some of them done.
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Ooh Ninnie

You just can't go wrong with Navy & White - I know from your previous work that this too is going to be a beauty. Is the Navy fabric a spot or star design, I wasn't able to download & enlarge to see it properly.

Tisha

After having all the strip sets done, the cutting and sewing starts.

the first ones I did were the 2 white with 1 blue in the middle, and the 2 blue with 1 white in the middle.
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I have turned these into 110 9 patches.these are all made now!! :D :D
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Next I will take the strip sets that are made up of 1 1/2 in white strip, and 1 1/2 inch navy strips and cut them into 1 1/2 in segments and then sew them into 80 4 patches. :D this is what I will be working on tonight ! :D
Hope you enjoy following along with me, this will be at least another week in the works, I am a slow worker and I do pin all of those places where the patches meet up.

the navy has white dots in it, I didn't want to use a solid, and the white is a small print, white on white! :D

Thank you for putting this in here! :-)

I've never thought of tying up the little bundles like you did at the start, that's an excellent idea, especially for huge amounts. Thank you for sharing :-)

Thank you for sharing the process. Now I can't wait to see the finished quilt. Looking great so far.

I love watching quilts made from the beginning!! :D

thanks guys, I didn't know if anyone would want to follow along or not! :D
I love this board and all the encouragement we get here.

Actually, I'm fascinated to see the steps you took. Thanks for posting it. And I love the fresh look of dark blue and white together - beautiful choice of fabrics!