Whitewashed

Here is one of my current projects, one that I am almost forced to complete (and I want to) because I am taking a class for learning to make quilts. So the collection of fabrics is called 'Whitewashed' and it's pretty neutral with a little bit of colour in the centres. I'm really enjoying this class and really like how it's turning out so far. 
My mom has been making quilts for years and years and somehow I have never attempted one myself. I love fabric because of all of it's different colours and patterns and textures and the endless possibilities for rearranging them into great designs. Quilts are no longer the old fashioned mixture of mini flower prints you image a little Mennonite girl to be sporting but there are a great deal of modern quilt designs and fabrics now. 
So here is a picture of how the quilt started. I cut out all 600 + pieces and arranged them on the floor until I got a mix I liked between the background colours and the centres.

All in all there will be 120 - 6" squares.
Once I got past all the cutting, prep work and arranging, things started to fly!
So now I've got 80 squares put together and sewn into rows (the rows aren't attached to each other yet).

So there's an idea of what the quilt will look like roughly. Only 40 more squares to put together and sew into rows before Thursday night which is the final class. I'll try to post another picture of the whole top put together on Friday. I'm thinking of adding a 6 inch border around the outside of it to make it just a little bigger to fit nicely onto a twin sized bed. I'll also have to pick out my backing on Thursday night then it will be off to the machine quilter's which is another whole post on it's own. 

Piece out! (I know another terrible pun... this time intentional - I need help)

Mama T.