I finally decided what I wanted to do with bordering this top (when it's finished...), so Saturday morning I double-checked the fabric I had remaining, and went to Hancock Fabrics. I'm going with a purple 1" finished inner border, and a 3" finished outer border and the binding in grey. I didn't have enough of a purple for the inner border, and was a little short of the grey as well. Once I got to the store, I discovered that they were having a sale - 50% off notions! Most of the cotton fabrics were marked down as well, so I ended up spending more than I had planned, but got more needles for my machine, more pins, lots of thread, a circle template, both border fabrics, and backing for the quilt. I found a steel grey fabric with white, cream, and lighter grey swirls running through it, a nice medium-sized print with plenty of movement that coordinates with the binding and won't show my quilting too obviously.
After I got home, I cut and sewed and pressed the border strips and the binding, so they'll be all ready to go when I finish the top. Then I started in on the block B units. I decided that, since I only needed to make 9 of them, I would get them finished first, and save the block A units for last (since there are 16 of those). I started with the center 9-patch:
Then I moved on and added the right and left "wings":
At that point, it was after midnight, so I went to bed. The next day, however, I was able to sit down for an hour or so and add the top and bottom rows, finishing out the B blocks:
I don't think I've ever made blocks this large! Mine usually finish at 9.5" or 12.5". I'm not entirely sure how to best square them up... I think I've gotten spoiled by my 12.5" square.
I'm really, really excited about the progress I've made this past week, and I'm really looking forward to finishing the piecing on this top. I've got the quilting pattern all picked out, and I'm ready to be snuggled up under this quit in the very near future!
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