Marching On

With the days of March
marching on forever,
I needed to take advantage of this seemingly
long month.

I was feeling a bit guilty,
 like we all tend to do on occasion,
having my long list of WIP's, so
 I pulled out a quilt top
that was so close to being done.

In July

I had started these nine patches
using two packets of charm squares,
Posy by Aneela Hoey
and Cuzco by Kate Spain.

I had even sewn the blocks together,
alternating with a solid white square.

Why did I stop?

Actually a couple of reasons:

I was moving and needed to stop sewing

and pack things up.

(a completely valid reason)

But the other reason was that
 I needed to find fabric for a border,

And I wasn't in the mood to go look.

Well, I've moved

and can cross that off the list of excuses.

So, what was left?

Go fabric shopping!

This is such a simple pattern and it

really gives the feeling of a vintage quilt.

Only the colored spaces are filled in

with some fun modern fabrics,

moving it forward in time.

These simple designs

come alive once they are quilted.

I plan to embellish with 

some rick rack 

( I love that stuff)

and do a gentle swagged border after

the quilting has been completed.

Okay,

I'm closer to being finished,

 no more excuses,

or at least not right away!

Until Next Time-