Assembling Dancing Jewels

 

I've started ro assemble the blocks for the Dancing Jewels quilt. As you can see I'm pressing the seams open.

I've sewn the blocks together into half rows, because I think the longer full rows get unwieldy to work with.

As I was placing the rows on the design wall I noticed I had two edge blocks with the same fabric. Can't have that, so I removed the duplicate block.

I made a new block and put it back where it belonged.

In the photo above, the entire left side of the quilt is sewn together, and I am working on the blocks on the right side. What's nice is you can begin to see how the larger blocks on the perimeter of the quilt flow together into a really interesting pattern.  It's also nice to see it with all the blocks flat on the design wall.

The more I work on this quilt the more I like it. I've chosen a pretty terrific fabric for the backing and that's on order.