The first picture is the pattern from a Google search, it’s 4 or 5 rings wide. Mine is 7 complete rings across. 2nd picture is my schematic. You might be able to see my modifications. I spent 4 hours last night picking paper off (only lack getting 1 side done!) & one of my fingers is so sore. Thank goodness for spellcheck...I'm barely hitting any keys with this finger. Why so sore? Hmmm. It's because, in my infinite wisdom, I used blue painter's tape on the edges of the paper. It worked great. The paper was getting so fragile - disintegrating as I was sewing the blocks into rows. If you have ever made one of these, the blocks are hexagons. No straight row sewing. Every single seam is set in, like a "Y" seam. You don't sew off the edge, you stop at a 1/4 inch, pivot, rearrange & sew again. It was tedious.
My quilt measures 87 by about 97. Maybe a little longer. I measured it while it was on my bed. I'll need to measure it when it's flat. I already have backing ready too! Just have to buy batting. I had originally thought I would put a solid black narrow border around it to give it some width & length. It doesn't need it. It's plenty big enough. Any larger & it will look like a king sized quilt on our bed. Though, I'm sure...., this quilt will spend more time on a wall or the guest bed. So I can look at it more!
There are 3 reasons why it took me so long to finish this quilt. Well ...Not including boredom, or distractions!
#1 yes, it's paper pieced - However, the blocks are hexagons
#2 I had to "improve" the pattern by modifying the blocks to make the wreaths "complete". the pattern just has them running off the side edges. I couldn't do that
#3 Similar to #2 I modified the blocks on the side edges & made 1/2 blocks for the top & bottom.
It took me 13 hours of sewing non-stop to put just 27 "wedge" side blocks on & 6 "half" blocks on. But it's DONE! yay!
Expect pictures soon.
See Ya!
M
PS- Up next? I'm finishing Raven's Wing. A variation of Laundry Basket's quilt "On Eagles Wings". All the triangles in Raven's Wing are black. I am slightly less than half way done.
