Sajou Mini Top Finished!

I've been working on the final borders for days but the top is finally finished!  Most of these triangles have been sewn at least twice and the beginning ones five or six times.  I went through two full   bobbins on my machine and this is only 18x18".  About halfway through I decided to ditch the triangles and do something clever with HST's but I used up all my matching fabric cutting triangles 

so I persevered.

If you are a beginner, you are probably wondering what the problem was.  When you lay out two triangles like these and sew them together, they are out of alignment. The first two went together fine but adding the third caused either the base or the point to be too high or too low. I'd read that you are supposed to place one higher than the other but I never got it right the first time around.  I'm sure there is some trick to getting it perfect on the first try but I haven't discovered it!

Overall, I'm pleased with the colors and this was a fun design to do.  Now to quilt it. Thanx to Lori at Humble Quilts for another fun project.  You can go to Humble Quilts for the Linky Party and see all the finished ones.

Linking with Humble Quilts, Monday Making. and Moving it Forward

Sajou Part Two

Part 2 finished....now to decide if I want to make a pillow cover or wall hanging out of it.  I'm leaning to a wall hanging as my new apartment has the delightful feature of having the fridge side fully visible from the living room.  It's been irritating me more and more every time I look at it.  It may become a mini gallery for all my mini quilts!  Thank you Lori and your Humble Quilts for the pattern .

I'm going to finish up the last two blocks for the Tula Pink City Sampler today and then spend the weekend laying it out.  I really didn't think that I would complete it....but 100 blocks in 100 days is almost done and I've done it!

Linking with Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Fridays

Sajou Quiltalong

Lori, from Humble Quilts, has a new quiltalong.  It's an 18" medallion quilt in three parts and this is part 1.  I'm late with this as part 2 came out this morning! I've been wavering between several different fabrics for the center section for several days while I worked on other projects.  I finally settled on this small piece of drapery fabric and am doing it with Christmas colors but not Christmas fabrics so I'll have something seasonal.  I still haven't located my box of unfinished Christmas quilts from the move!

Even though part 2 came out this morning, I haven't looked at it yet.  I didn't want to spoil the surprise!  I'll work on that tonite after my City Sampler block...#96!