Quilty Cat

There's a Flickr group for 1st Quilt Ever now! Check it out to see how other people are doing!

So, after hours of choosing fabrics and cutting squares and then sewing them all into blocks, it's time to slice them up. Eeek! Although Care tried to downplay the possibility of irreparable damage, I knew that this was one place I REALLY didn't want to screw up. What if I mis-measured or let the ruler slip when cutting one of these babies?

I'm not sure this actually helped at all, but I used sticky notes to mark some strategic spots on my cutting mat. Even so, I double triple quadruple quintuple checked before I made a cut.

Um, but one thing. Care, oh quilting mentor of mine? My squares? They weren't all that square. --frown-- I hope I did the right thing by trying as best I could to split the difference. I am getting a D in accuracy, I know!

As predicted, Isabella enjoyed the next part of the process. I was just starting to groove on laying out the squares when she sauntered in, flopped down, and farted--FARTED--on my quilt blocks! I left the room for a bit to let the air clear. Besides, once she's flopped, there's no moving her.

This is my final layout. The one thing that sort of bugs me is the proximity of those two acid green blocks. It will probably always nag at me, but I couldn't seem to find a better solution.

When it came time to stack up the rows of blocks, you-know-who showed up again to supervise. I worked around her as much as I could, then gently eased her off the two blocks on which she'd perched.

Ready to start sewing rows! Wave goodbye, Isabella!