After not being able to finish my Halloween costume in time, I swiftly switched to my Christmas present crafting. So far it's mostly been knitting that I can't share here since there's a chance those I'm knitting for may read this post. What I can share is the quilt I'm working on. A few years ago I made my step brother and step sister each a quilt for Christmas. The same year I wasn't able to make a quilt for their half-brother. I was also hesitant to make one for him at the age he was. He was in between appreciating a kid quilt and an adult one so I didn't want to make one he wouldn't like. I decided this year was he was old enough and I had enough time to make him a quilt.
I browsed around and found a pattern(ish) I liked and went for it. I found a post on the
"disappearing nine patch" quilt (on Pinterest of course), picked some colors, and finally started on it a few days ago. I'm of course no where near done, but I thought I'd share my progress so far.
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| The setup. Not pictured- the coffee and little bin I use for trash scraps to the right. Also X-files on in case you were wondering :) |
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| I've sewn together three rows of three here before sewing those three rows together. |
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Then I cut them in fours. I suppose I should have arranged them like they were in the first picture so you could see the cuts, but I wanted the feel of the final quilt more.
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So far I've made I think about 6 or 7 of these bigger blocks and cut them all up into the smaller squares. I should need about 15 of them to make a quilt somewhere around full size if my math is okay. I think I'm liking the look, but I'm still nowhere near as precise as I'd like to be so I hope it still comes out okay.
Anyone else started on their Christmas projects? Any ideas you'd like to share?
