I made it a personal goal to work out of my stash more this year. I've hoarded a lot of fabric and projects over the last few years. It's time to get things done.
This is one of those of those projects. Mixing it Up by Lori Holt (bee in my bonnet fame). I love Lori's patterns! At first, I truly thought they were overly written. At quick glance of course. They are wonderfully written! Some info is a bit overkill but the way Lori has the cutting instructions done - Perfect!
I bought my solids for this pattern mid year last year and I put them aside. I had too much going on and I forced myself to wait until 2015 started. Once 2015 hit, I pulled this baby out and started cutting and piecing.
As you can see, my version is a little different. I made my sashing thinner and I didn't do the outer "beater block" border. I needed this quilt smaller because I'm going to hang it in my dining area once quilted and my curtain rod is only so long. AND I don't care for pieced block borders and I'll tell you why. I am NOT a precise piecer. As much as I try, I alway miss the mark but my overall look at the end - I am happy with. With that, my quilt tops are usually different sized than what the pattern states. Doing a pieced block border frustrates me because of that so I skip them when I can.
There. My quilters confession. :)
I have been working on other stash projects and I have more to show you. Soon. Maybe even tomorrow. :)
Enjoy your day! It's snowing (again!) over here!
Jen
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