I sewed on the remaining 8 rows and then sewed the cross rows together, each one with 59 seams to match up. Yes that is 14 x 59=826 intersections of seams to match (every 1.5").
The next job is to press the whole thing. After all of that sewing (finished at 10:45p.m.) I just wasn't up to pressing last night.
Here is a shot of it at the machine with all of the seams showing. The last 2 seams of each 9 patch are placed vertically which insures a more consistent smoothness after it is pressed. 
The last thing I need to do is a row of staystitching a tiny bit less than 1/4" all around the outside edge to insure no popped seams and no stretching when sewing the border on. 
24 comments:
That's a lot of intersections. It looks good though
It sounds like you had a marathon sewing day. Interesting question for you, do you label your quilts when complete. I was just over at Stephanie's blog, Loft Creations, and she was saying how this is her least favorite task. It is mine as well. I am just curious if all the quilts you make have labels?
a lot of seams - bet you will be glad to have gotten this done though. looking forward to seeing the final product!
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/
It is so wonderfully soft looking -- that will be an absolutely beautiful quilt!
Wow! That's a lot of intersections! Will you quilt it on your regular sewing machine? That will be another marathon if you do...
It's absolutely beautiful with all those soft colors. I can't wait to see the finished product.
That is a lot of seam matching to do!
Thanks for the tip on staystitching - haven't heard of that before. What a good idea with all those seams!
Looks like you've made up for any lost time from that horrible humidity! The quilt looks gorgeous! So very many seams!!!!
Thanks for mentioning the staystitching. What an excellent idea!
WHEW! What a job... how is your back today?
It is a beauty that is for sure.
J~MT
It has turned out beautifully Wanda- I have never thought of stay stitching the outside edge of a quilt before adding borders but it makes sense to help add stability to the edges. Do you do that every time or was that something you just did for this particular quilt because of the size and number of pieces?
You sure are making great progress..
Regards,
Anna
That is an awful lot of intersecions to match up. Yikes! Looks great.
Its beautiful. I don't envy you having to press it all. Ironing is my least favorite thing about quilting.
This is yummy. I'm laying out fabrics for a king-size that is going to be low-key also, but I'm using a snails trail and stars combo that I've fiddled with on EQ6 until I finally come up with one I like.
Looking forward, do you have any tips on how to press such a large quilt? I want my iron and board to be about 5x bigger just thinking about it, but then I'd have to be bigger too, and that won't work!!
Looking forward to your finish photo...
Great job on this one, especially since you really weren't that excited with it to begin with.
I hadn't heard about staystitching the edges, but great idea. I will adopt that practice now.
Thanks for sharing!
Way to go - having this one coming together HAS to feel good!
Knowing what you said about the back, this is going to be one BEAUTIFUL quilt!
Thanks for the handy tip about stay-stitching the edge of the top before affixing borders...it totally makes sense.
WOW!! I see we're kindred souls when it comes to color -- I love your use of it in your quilts! Great inspiration!
Diane
Whew!!! That is a lot of seams....You might be a little crazy...no offense!!! after that many seams.
Its beautiful and thanks for the tips! I love that about reading blogs - how much we all learn from each other.
So lovely. Serene and soft. I love what you did with these colors. Gorgious!
love the name, vanilla, very appropriate as it is scrumptious!
I absolutely love your vanilla quilt. It is so elegant and subtle, and also the choice of borders is really pretty.
Such great photos!
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