By Jove

 "I Think I've Got It!"

Wonky Stars and Four Patches!

Yellow and Gray ... two of my favorite colors! 

I have been stuck here on my ...

Last Border ~ # 3 ~ Flying Geese

for twenty days and twenty nights.

 Three weeks behind and the last border to be announce on Monday.

This was in part due to prioritizing my Stripes Blog Hop Quilt

and, quite frankly, the "Checkerboard" border unexpectedly gave me trouble.

Not the sewing, of course, as a checkerboard is one of the easiest units to sew.

Size of units, color or units, placement of units all frustrated me.

I have and sewn a set aside many pieces

 and will probably use them for one or more pillow covers. 

Finally, I put it on my design wall and stared at it 

and fidgeted with it 

long enough that my creative quilty muse took pity.

Now, I am happily sewing!

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Interesting Reading Find of the Day: 

Flat Felled Seams

I read this on 

The Creative Blog @ Art Gallery Fabrics 

Have you heard of this?  

Have you tried this technique?

I would love to learn more about this.

I may try it on woven or Essex Linen which have a greater tendency to ravel.

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I have been trying not to see the border choice for this week 

so I can keep the mystery element of the challenge as intact as possible.

So if you do not see me on your blogs or IG feeds, you will know why.

May you have a happy, quilty weekend! 

SAHRR ~ Round 2 ~ Plus Sign Border

 

Here is my second border for the Stay-At-Home Round Robin.

This week's prompt for the second border called for Plus Sign Blocks.

This was a good choice for me because I knew I wanted a less busy border

with a lot of the gray and white background print

to lighten and frame the bold center.

I cut up my scraps and made one plus sign block.

I decided to make three more and use these as the cornerstones.

Then I strip pieced long side borders to match the plus sign.

I am happy with how this frames the center.

This is for the

All you Need to Know to Join SAHRR @ Quilting Gail

The prompts are weekly on Mondays.

This is where I started with this orphan Star Chain Block at center.

This is my first border, which called for piano keys.

I am very much enjoying building this quilt.

Linking up today with 

SAHRR Round 2 Linky Party

Thanks to

Emily @ The Darling Dogwood

for organizing this week's round. 

Looking forward to seeing what next week's border will be.

:-)