Steps to making an I-Spy and the Cheney Quilt
I start the process by cutting 5-inch strips
I cut the strips into 5-inch squares and sort them by color groups
I lay them out in an 8x10 order, then make piles from each row, starting at the far end and working toward the camera.
You can see the piles of blocks sorted by color
Do you think I may have enough fabric? And this is just the tip of the ice berg.
These are bundled and ready to be sewn into rows and then sew the rows together to create…..
a quilt top, to which I will add 3 and 1/2 inch borders, sandwich, quilt and bind.
The Cheney quilt:
I didn’t get a picture of the strips before they were cut apart, but I started with 2 and 3/4 inch strips that I sewed together from selvege to selvege, then cut into 7 and 1/4 inch (approx) squares
I arranged the blocks and stacked them in the correct order to creat the zig-zag design. I must confess that I messed up on one row two times, so that one row took me an hour to attach to the other rows instead of a few minutes. Live and learn!
Here the two inner side borders have been added…
Next the end borders….
the second side borders added….
and the end second borders.
Here’s the completed top, read to sandwich, quilt and bind, the binding with be the red fabric.
I started the process Sunday evening, the 15th and finished the top Monday afternoon. Sandwiched it Tuesday afternoon at the church where I teach an ESL class. I pushed several table together to create a space large enough to stretch out the backing. I’ve quilted a few zig-zags, but I have until the end of March, so I’m doing some other projects in between. Kind of taxing physically to control the quilt in my “Big Brother” sewing machine.
