Batik nickel quilt

The batik nickel quilt that I showed on my design wall has been in "row" form for at least 3 years. I have hung the rows on my design wall at various times over the last 3 years thinking I'd work on the quilt. Two weeks ago, I finally attached the rows together, hung the flimsy on the wall, sat down, inspected my work and was very pleased with myself. The next day, the NEXT day, I looked up and discovered that one of the blocks was assembled wrong.



See the middle top. It is supposed to look like a flying geese, not two half squares side by side! Now, I had looked at these blocks and rows for weeks and weeks. How did I miss it? I considered leaving the mistake because the block was in the center of the row. In the end I fixed it. I can't guarantee that I didn't curse and mumble but I did fix it.

Doesn't it look so much better? Here is the worse part. I went through the entire process...AGAIN....with a different block last week. Again, AFTER I had assembled the entire thing! If there are any more mistakes, I'm leaving them!

Design wall Monday

I have been working on this quilt for at least 5 years. I should really say that it has been sitting in the drawer that long. I have been slowly working on it over the past few weeks. I am only showing a bit of it because I hate to show things until they are completed. It is hanging on my design wall. It is the dusk to dawn pattern from the 2nd Nickel Quilts book. I am in the process of growing a 72" top to a king sized quilt without making more blocks.






It's all set up at the machine and whenever I get a chance I make another border block.