Bemused - the top and the back

This tray held 64 sets of four strips,

each strip comprised of four 2.5" squares.

One set a time, I worked my way through the stack.

As each sixteen patch was sewn,

I attached it to the previously sewn blocks.

(arranged in rows of 8 blocks)

Since this was a scrappy postage stamp style project,

there was no great need to lay out the blocks

prior to sewing them together;

in fact NOT laying them out

probably gave me a scrappier look

than I could have achieved any other way.

Row by row the design wall began to fill up.

Eight rows of eight blocks or 

1,024 squares cut at 2.5" from the scrap stash.

The sewn-together top measures 64" x 64"

Bemused will be one of my monthly toppers

for the kitchen table in the coming year.

(Bemused: "to occupy the attention of; absorb or engross")

Here's a detail shot of some of the many fabrics.

The back was pieced using four different 

well-aged Yuwa 30s collection prints.

(purchased during a deep discount online sale)

Since these remind me of my 

grandmother's kitchen table cloths,

it seemed fitting that they back 

one of my kitchen table toppers.

I pulled out the long leftover strip

of border segments from Sea of HSTs, 

pressed that 3" strip to be used for binding, and

trimmed it to equal my usual 2.5" binding strips.

I'd like to get Bemused quilted before month end,

but if it happens in mid-January I'm okay with that.

(my knee and leg have felt better this past couple of days

with only minor twinges when going up or down stairs . . . 

hopefully this means I can start working with Max

in the coming week or two)

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And to all those no-reply bloggers 

who left comments on the previous two

For the Birds posts - thank you!

Quiltdivajulie

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“The most important work we will ever do is within the walls of our own homes.”
Harold B. Lee