Cutting & Stitching

I was able to finally get my fabric pressed and starched yesterday morning so I could start cutting fabric for my dove quilt. I wasn't able to start cutting and stitching until afternoon, but I was able to get a lot accomplished.

I had all the nine patches and blocks together and needed to decide on border fabric. I have looked and couldn't find the color of blue I really wanted to use in the borders, so I returned to my fabric stash and dug around for some different pieces to try.

I narrowed my choice down to these three after dragging out bolt after bolt. I really like the blue, but it seemed to just be too dark and powerful with the rest of the feel of the quilt. So I ended up with the yellow.

Today my goal is the get the last 2 rows of borders stitched on. I would also like to get it stretched out and pinned together. That way, when I am ready to start quilting, I can just start at the machine and stitch, stitch, stitch.....