Looking back at my recent posts, I realized that it's been a month since I last shared any progress on my version of mmmquilts' Lyra QAL. I guess going on a trip in the middle of that month affected what I was able to get done, but I'm moving it along now!
Early in the QAL, I had figured out that the best way for me to make all the sections I needed was to paper-piece them. The entire quilt is made out of these three shapes.
Based on my fabric choices and available time, I decided to turn Sandra's nine blocks quilt into a 3 block summer table runner, so I calculated how many of those paper-pieced sections I would need, and they turned into this design.
Getting it to that point was the hardest part! And now it is sewn together. In the above photo the pieces are laid out on the green backing of an older quilt. In the photo below, the runner is on a blue sheet because I was pressing with some starch. There are lots of bias edges in this one!
The last couple days I've been working on the borders. Sandra's design for the full quilt calls for square-in-a-square cornerstone, which I made in a 2.5 inch size, using the same green as the star points.
And then here it is - the finished tablerunner top!
This measures 40 x 20, a good size for our table.
Time to layer, quilt, and finish this!
The final quilt parade starts June 15th.
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So pretty!
ReplyDeleteYour fabric choices really sing in this project.
ReplyDeleteThat’s beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful - love the colors and the points are really nice! Way to go in calculating what you need for a runner. It will look so pretty on your table. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteI like that one - especially the blue star in the middle separating the green
ReplyDeleteOoh - love those fabrics. That's such a pretty layout, too.
ReplyDeletelooks like a pretty flower garden--and I also love your real garden flowers in the post before this one--hugs, di
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