We're almost ready to baste -- although I've since changed my mind about one or two things as you'll see as you read.
Summertime means spotty attendance from our local crew, so it's taken us a very long time to get from our piles of strips to a finished top -- but we've made it at last!
Because our initial math was wrong (my fault), we've added borders rather than making approximately 44 more triangles. Initially, the borders were going to be scrappy.
Then just the top and bottom would be scrappy with this on the side. (Isn't it nice!)
Then the top fought and fought laying straight, so I chopped it off and went with borders on 3 sides:
You can see where this is going... another group member is picking off the strip border and we're going to go with the other border all around. So much for all those extra strips, but it's the right thing to do.
I'm looking forward to quilting this -- once we get it basted. I've got a couple of ideas, although I'm not sure it'll fit well through my machine. I'm also tempted to send it out or rent some time at a local shop instead... We'll see.
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