My OMG for January was to get my Stamp Quilt top together.
Remember we started this project with 37 mini charm packs. That is 1554 pieces of fabric. I decided 25 blocks of 8 x 8 would make a great size quilt, 80 x 80. That left me with 46 scrap 2.5 x 25 pieces to add for a total of 1600 pieces of fabric. It wasn’t too hard to pick 46 of my favorite scraps. Doesn’t 1600 sound intimidating. It did to me, but I got started in late December. In no time, I had 25 8 x 8 block done.
Here is my stack of 25 blocks.
Next I started to put the rows together. The only strategy to putting them together was to nest the seams.
Progress was made quicker than I thought. Nesting was working out great so far.
Here is the completed quilt top, all 1600 pieces. See any of your favorite Moda’s here?
My regular quilt holder, aka hubby, had surgery and can’t raise his arms yet, so I became holder and he took this picture.
And one more!!!
Don’t look too close, some of those seams didn’t quite match up, but majority were right on!!!
Ordered some wide backing yesterday. Can you guess what my February OMG will be?
I’m linking up with some friends:
Inquiring Quilter – Wednesday Wait Loss
Quilt Fabrication – MidWeek Makers
I love this! Such a fun an interesting quilt it will always be. Good luck on part 2 of the adventure!
Beautiful, I cant wait to see what it looks like finished.
This is really impressive. Have you decided how you want to quilt it yet?
That is a LOT of little squares! I love it!
I just *love* these kind of quilts! Your quilt is beautiful. The number of pieces does sound intimidating, but so worth it. Have fun quilting it!
Boy, you finished that one quickly! I love it. So much fun to just look at the different fabrics. Hope hubby is recovering well. He did a great job taking photos!
This is beautiful! Lots of lovely fabrics and a pattern that lets each one shine.
Wow! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish.
Wow this is so lovely! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
Jan, it’s just looking beautiful!!! This is amazing! I can’t wait to see it all quilted!