I posted about this quilting project back in November of 2012. I finally finished it. This is one of the projects I found and took with me to Sis's. The top was complete and I had made a backing for it. So I pinned a batting in it and put it in the bottom of my suitcase.
It is interesting to note that it is the post with the most hits on my blog. Everyone is looking for fast to make quilt blocks. This block is Not fast or easy. It is fiddly to make as an eight-inch sized block, to put it politely. That post is
here.
I do think it would make a great bow-tie block with the raised center square. I also like how after washing, the edges of the center squares are wavy with the way I quilted them.
The quilting is my typical stitch-in-the-ditch, a diagonal through the center of the blocks while I pondered what to do with the center squares. I didn't want the centers to loose the raised effect but I had to do some sort of quilting because the section was to big to leave unquilted. Thus, quilting a presser-foot's width from the edge hoping to maintain the raised look for the center of the block. I think I accomplished that. I used a diamond for the outside borders.
The back is twelve-inch squares so the quilt is somewhat reversible. I like the square-in-a-square look in the quilting on the back.
Well, the label is on and it is time to put this quilt to rest and move on to the next project. I hope everyone is having a lovely day.
Judy
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