I had just gotten to the part in the tale where I was cutting thousands of squares. Yes, it was in fact thousands. At that point, I had calculated that I needed 1872 2" squares and 233 5" squares between the two quilts. I got them all cut and ready to be randomized. Now I think I've mentioned this before but random and I are not good friends. So I used my friend Kendall the Kindle and found myself an app with a random number generator. This got quite the laugh at a recent Quilt Retreat. That generator and I have been good friends, as you can see from the picture.
On Sunday (3/17) I did a big push to finish my 9-patches. I thought I had finished. Then as I started to put them on my newly acquired foam boards I noticed a problem. Somehow it was turn out to be rectangular and only half the size I wanted. So I went back to my original math.
I wanted it 70" by 70" (ish, I think it's going to actually be 72"x72"). This meant a square of 16 blocks by 16 blocks. Since there are 2 blocks that means 8 blocks by 8 blocks of each, right? Well, that was my mistake. I divided both sides by 2, oops. I needed 8 blocks by 16 blocks. That meant I needed another 576 2" squares, and 64 5" squares. After cutting them, I realized my quilt was going to be lopsided (fabricwise) if I did even out the numbers of the 2" squares per fabric, so I had to go through and figure out which 9-patches to move. Luckily my random number generator helped again. Now I'm finally sitting with all of my 9-patches done, and I'm working on placing the 5" squares. My random number generator is helping again. Hopefully soon, I can post that the top is finished. I'm wondering if I should add a border around the outside or not. What do you think? If so, What color would you suggest? Please let me know in the comments.
May Fortune Smile Upon You.
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