Quilting

 My bed comforter is over ten years old.  It is starting to tear in a few places, and I felt it was time to change it out.  While there are some good options, at the store, I decided to make a replacement, rather than purchase one.  Here is my Bargello quilt, Cosmic Twist, as outlined by Eileen Wright's kindle book.

The hardest part was selecting the fabric.  I didn't have a lot in my scrap pile, so most are new selections from the local day market.

It took 23 selections in all.  Not pictured are the two I used for edging and the backing.

It was helpful to make a chart to remember the order of the fabric

Step one: you cut the fabric into long slices. 

Then, sew them together two by two.

Then, four by four

Then, eight by eight

Until, you have a large panel like this.

Then you slice the panel into their individual rows.  The hard part is making sure it stays straight.  Dalia is helping me check the angle.

Here, she is nodding off for a quick snooze from loaf position.

Then, you line up your rows and start sewing them together.

I found it easiest to work in groups of twelve.

There was definitely a lot more ironing, than I had anticipated.

Dalia probably added to the ironing that needed to be done.

The edge I made up on my own after viewing a bunch of google images.

Perfect it isn't, even with all of Dalia's quality control inspections. However, it is made with love.

Updated later, to include pics from basting.

Step One: Wash and iron the back.

Step Two: Lay out/stretch out the back, batting, and top.

Step Three: Put in the pins; lots and lots of pins.

Step Four: Roll it up, so it will fit in the sewing machine.

Step Five: The sewing begins

And keeps going

Step Six: create a throw with the left over scrap pieces.