I am finally making progress on my Chilhowie throw quilt. One drawback of buying fabric online is sometimes it can take a very long time to receive it. I decided I didn't want to wait for the brown fabric, so I went ahead and cut the burgundy fabric I had on-hand.
I finished sewing Clue 1: The 9-patches and 4-patches.
I'm using a new-to-me sewing machine and I've been having a bit of an issue with sizing my 1/4-inch seam allowance correctly. I think I've finally gotten it dialed in, but some of these nine patches are about 1/8-inch too small. I'm not quite obsessive enough to rip them apart and make them right. I'll fiddle with the seam allowance when I sew the quilt together.
I'm going to skip to Clue 3 next and work on the Hourglasses. I'm trying to make the block components first so I can start assembling the blocks, then I'll worry about cutting out the sashing and border.
Linking up with Design Wall Monday.
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