Criss Cross. NOW Q Codes!

Finally got it finished to the top stage.......Pretty cool.

There are problems though.  All my work in trying to keep those strips situated corretly.  But there is one corner of one block that didn't get sewn in correctly.  You can see it by looking at the white corners that should form a square.  Two don't.  Sigh.

At this point, I don't worry about it.  There will be no quilt police where it will end up!

If you can't tell, the border is a purple, and not really as dark as it is in this photo.  Can't tell you why that looks like that.

But it will go into the pile that is waiting for me to load them on the Avante!

Criss Cross Progress

After Lunch with Paula and Glen, we headed to Barnes and Noble and added a Zentangle workbook to my birthday haul.

Then...

I have had some opportunity to work on the quilt Criss Cross.  I finished up the 20 blocks and got the first two rows put together.

Can you see the problem here?  Somehow I snipped the patch with my scissors.  Yikes!  Good thing I found it before it got on the quilt frame!  There have been times I have not!

I will have to choose a color for the border soon.   Nothing really jumps out to me at the moment. Maybe a yellow?   Green?  I tried a lavender or light purple, but it just didn't make me smile. 

But that will have to wait for another day.

I have a lobster dinner to attend!

And it is getting cold and rainy out.  Today got up to 63 and I wore short sleeves.  Not tonight!

Reservations are made but I have to change what I intended to wear, something more winter-y!

Tomorrow is the big day!

While Cleaning up the Quilt Room.....

I have spent time for the last two days cleaning........really, now.  The laughing?  Do we need that?

I have spent time for the last two days cleaning up the counter in the Quilt Room.  (I tried calling it a Studio but it just comes out as the Quilt Room.)  And I found some fabric leftover from a swap with Trudy across the big pond in England.

And I got a little sidetracked.

It is a Moda pattern called Criss Cross, but you know me, it will get an epic name.  a 1 1/2 inch sashing has a small square at the junction.  You can see that in the top two blocks on the left.  There are two more rows and a border.  I am thinking a green border.  I know, I know, white.  Yeah, white.  We shall see.



And th BEST part of the day is that I get to wear my last year's birthday boots to lunch with Carrie at City Pork!

52 Photos - Gallery 2 - Criss Cross

I thought it would get easier, but no!  I was stymied once again, criss cross. 52 Photos Link

But just like last week at Dairy Queen, my vices caught up with me.  I was sitting in front of my monthly hair color indulgence and there staring me in the face was the criss cross I had been seeking.

Once inside we went from this space man shot:



to this cute fluffy woodland animal shot:



And I am greatly happy!

PS  It was not easy getting that back of the head selfie!