Obsessive Stripping

So this week, I've been manically quilting, or patchworking to be precise.  I did finish one smallish cot quilt but I then got completely over excited about another project as soon as I finished the first, so I will get round to showing the cot quilt next week.  I am back in the quilting seat, oh yeah!

Inspired by the ever-obliging Pinterest (I'm sure this is responsible for keeping me awake at night for having far too many ideas in my head), I was seized by the need to make a sixteen-patch quilt.  Fabric has been flying off the shelves of the Den and onto the ironing board then cutting mat in a frenzy.  I am usually quite disciplined and tidy away as I go along but today, I had amassed quite a stash on my ironing board (all still waiting to be put away, pants).

It's another uber-scrappy project, following hot on the heels of the scrappy trip-along(the top for which is finished but I am psyching myself up to sandwich and quilt the monster!)

It's a simple enough pattern to work out.  I'm cutting strips 2.5" wide and 11" long, this gives me a little room for error with the length and means I can get two strips off the edge of a fat quarter, yay.  Oooh, behold a feast of delightful strips, just waiting to be sewn into matching pairs.

Once the four strips have been sewn together, it's time to get cross-cutting (into 2.5" wide strips) before sewing again.

Ta dahhhh, one ends up with a stack of pretty two-coloured blocks, about 8.5" square.  Golly, I have to tell you that this has been seriously addictive.

It brought to mind this little ditty I saw and which made me chuckle.

It's a good job I am so diligent and prioritise the housework (cough, cough).

I've finished all the blocks already, oooh that must be in about 36 hours including general life and sleep getting in the way. I've gone for 42 blocks in a 6 x 7 formation which will make the perfect single bed cover, large bed throw or snuggly sofa quilt.  They're on the makeshift "design board" and I am now officially fed up of rearranging the blocks.  It may not be perfect but as I now have all, yes all, the seams perfectly aligned, it is jolly well staying that way!

Hmm, well maybe!

Have a super weekend, people and don't forget my double carry-it-forward/sort-of-giveaway thingy to win the pretty goodies, details in the post below this one. Winners to be drawn on Monday.  Excitingamundo!