quilting is NOT my thing

i don't know who thought up of quilting. it is so tedious. the idea of sewing up little squares, to then sew together in strips, to then sew together into a top layer, to sew to a bottom layer, and finally to sew on binding is just silly. this person must have had a lot of time. sigh.

well here are my early attempts. the spiffy new roller cutter, mat, and see-through ruler did me well. here are my stacks of squares. but don't think this was what made up my quilt. oh no! zigzag quilts are made up of even smaller squares made from sewing 2 squares together diagonally through the middle, cutting them apart, and then ironing each flat. they end up smaller than the original squares. tedious? oh yes!however, since every seam is .25", the quilt always ends up smaller than anticipated, especially since the sewing through the diagonal step shrank them unexpectedly! notice my 1st layout involved 7 squares along the short end. in the end, i needed it to be 8 squares wide! the last 2 rows have been sewn together already. see how much smaller they are?

and did you notice the better quality of my pics? i have finally started trying to learn the slr camera that dad gave me. sigh. point and shoot is just so much easier. bunks was a reluctant target of my next photo shoot. he preferred to lick the lens than to sit still. apparently i need to work on the shutter speed, according to jimmy. hello, cutie pie! (bunks, not jimmy. hahaha)