Black and white, and pink all over....

I got some more work done on the black and white quilt last night. I have all of the rows sewn together and started joining them with the sashing. Hopefully I will get it finished tonight. I don't know if I am going to add a border or not. It is close to twin size, so I probably will add a border so that it could be used on a twin bed. I have a pretty black and white large print floral I can use.

I think I moved some more pieces around after this picture, but this gives you an idea of what it will look like.  You basically make similiar blocks, then join with sashing. I like this version of this type of quilt because you do a lot of strip piecing, then joining so it goes pretty fast. I haven't made any other quilts from the Turning Twenty series, but this one caught my eye.

We got some scary news last night. My brother in law underwent emergency heart bypass surgery. He was a very lucky man, he had 3 blockages that were at 90 - 100%. He was on the road, started having chest pains and drove himself to the hospital. Things are looking good this morning, hopefully his recovery will go well.

quiltinjeanie: MIA

Where has the last week gone? I can't believe I haven't posted for a week! It has been a busy one, though. It went by in a blur of Thanksgiving with family, 2 surprise birthday parties (one sis turned 50 and one sis turned 60) and a bit of shopping on Friday. So maybe we come back to work to rest!

I did manage to get this new quilt cut out, so yesterday was excited to start putting it together. It is the Turning Twenty, #8. I have been itching to make something out of black and white, so this seemed like the perfect project for it.

I threw in 2 different pink and black fabrics for a little pizazz, so I hope it adds to the quilt, not distracts.

It is going together pretty quickly, even though I have to keep doing the math since I am making it smaller...12 fat quarters instead of 20.

At one point I had all of these sewn and cut to size and then thought I had made too many.

Luckily I refigured and it was right. Whew...don't you hate when that happens?

Sometimes the first time making something is an adventure!

I have the blocks ready to put together...so will be sewing some more tonight.

I hope you had a great holiday weekend!