I had a goal to finish all of my in-progress quilts before New Year's, and I was SO CLOSE to meeting that expectation I set for myself. This quilt kit I purchased from myfabricaddiction.com a few months ago, and loved it because it came with a few different patterns I could make with the same set of blocks. I've made a similar version before, so I thought I would try this design, which started at the bottom right corner and worked both vertically and horizontally. I'll be honest, it took a lot more brainpower than I thought it should making sure the columns and rows were correct each time (it was a growing pattern, so I was constantly counting!) and I didn't really like having to build one small row/column at a time. There was no way to put it together in sections. Even though I was completely random with my block choices (I don't know the effort it would take to try to plan it out carefully) I ended up with the same fabric repeating in a certain area (which is WILD to me because I literally just grabbed and sewed, and since it's going together one at a time I sewed all 19/20 columns/rows and then attached them). I can't say I'll do this one again, but I learned a lot and am glad I did it.
Before quilting-
Here it is at the end of October as I put each row/column together one by one. I set it aside once finished because I couldn't find the perfect backing fabric. The last time I went to my local fabric store I found a great green and white floral wideback that was great.
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