Go Slow and Sew

Sewing the diamond quilts together is an exercise in dealing with bias edges. These are 60 degree diamonds, and every block has at least two sides that are on the bias. So after I sew the blocks together, I place them on the floor, so they won't stretch.

Eventually I had to move it into the living room because it was getting so big.

Ironing can be challenging.

I had to cancel the Roomba's scheduled cleaning run.

Here's the finished flimsy.

Here's the backing. I used both the big dinosaur panels, some flower fabric from my stash,

 and the green "dragon scale" fabric I bought because my granddaughter said it was "green like T-rex." As you can see from the photo above, the scale (no pun intended) was too big for a lot of things, so it was perfect for the back.

The quilt will be going to the longarm quilter soon, and the goal is to have this in my granddaughter's arms on Christmas Eve.


And YES, this has been one hell of a quilt marathon.