Lupine and Laughter Is A Flimsy--post 4

Beginning to piece the outer border

Monday, I spent at our in person Mavens sew day. I worked on piecing the flying geese border. I was impressed after sewing 12 sections together, the measurement was right on the mark. I hoped I could have the same result three more times AND add six more sections!

Stitching row together

Wednesday, I realized (with Gertie, my inner squirrel's "nudge") that if I wanted to work on piecing the back of my improv challenge project this month, I needed to sew these blocks together.  The blocks were on my design wall and I need the design wall to layout the leftovers I have in mind for the back of the challenge.

Center complete

By the end of the Wednesday sew session, I had the blocks mostly sewn into rows. I even had sewn a few rows together. By the end of the sew session on Thursday, I had sewn all the rows together. Friday, I added the skinny inner border. I stitched more of the geese together and I constructed the corner blocks. 

View of a corner

I stitched the blocks together into the border and laid them next to the top. It seemed like the border was going to go on without any easing. . .could that actually be possible? I stitched the border to the top like I was sewing sashing to a block! Now I have a top and I'm closer to a finish. My next step is to prewash the wide backing fabric and get the project to the long armer!

Overall view

Making progress on this progress was goal number one on my February list. I am pleased with my flimsy. I bought no fabric for this flimsy. I'm pleased my scraps with a little help from my friends for the pink worked! Linking to Oh Scrap and Sew & Tell.