Stop! Those Waves Are Making Me Sea Sick!

 It was time.

My leaders and Enders project

had become an endless ordeal.

I had started this in December, 2011.

It is one of Bonnie Hunter's free pattern , Ocean Waves,

on her website, Quiltville.

I knew I'd never make it as big as her quilt
with 5,884 pieces.

I just wanted to make another red and white quilt so

I  cut tons of reds and creams

into strips,

used Thangles,

 and began using them

as the leaders and enders to 

 multiple, multiple projects
over the last 4 years.

Occasionally, 

I'd sew a few blocks together.

But lately,

the idea of making more and more

half square triangles just became oppressive.

It was time to stop.

I laid out what I'd made so far.

I was actually pleasantly surprised
at what I had completed.

I decided to make the quilt a square
using 9 blocks x 9 blocks.

 so that all 4 corners would be the same.

That meant sewing only a few more blocks

from the hundreds of half square triangles 

I had in reserve.

Using the Thangles,

despite having to have remove the paper,

made very exact HS Triangles.

Toss in my sewing

and the blocks matched up pretty well.

Even after the center was done

there were still lots of pieces to use up.

The pieced border was perfect

along with the scrappy inside and

outer borders.

 My endless ocean waves

75" x 75"

aren't rocking my boat any longer.

Everything's calm now, thank goodness, and

the quilt is just waiting it's turn 

to be machine quilted.

I feel much better.

Until Next Time-