Again the current project has hit a funding wall! Woo hoo, this means to move forward I have to think. There are still pieces I could add, but I really wanted to just make a back so I could check out the quilting process for this one. Since none of the pieces are more than about five and a half inches across (before shrinking 14%) the batting should be stable even without the string ties in the center of each square (they're not showing yet, no back eh?). I'm excited to see how soft and flexible this one will without the excessively dense quilting I've seen so often. Still every seam will be reinforced by the quilting, plus it looks really old, cool.
Since I didn't have any big pieces of fabric for the back, and I still wanted to have all the seams reinforced by the quilting if possible, I went with the phase-flipped single wiggle square pattern. But I got bogged down trying to piece the squares together and only made righty hooked ones. I only needed three whole squares but most of my fabric was single sided, so I couldn't flip anything except the gingham.
I ripped the stitches on the nearly three foot seam and started to flip it over, then realized if I just moved it I'd get the same effect.
The more I look at them the better I like these fishy shapes! Now the idea of piecing and all the hassle of matching seams front to back seems a bit much and the two axis project is on hold waiting for a back. The gold fish project is begun.
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