Apologies if you came here looking for a June mini quilt. I attempted two different mini quilts this month and flamed out on both of them. I think maybe the UFOs in my sewing room were making too much noise!
Instead, I can report I have finished assembling the flimsy for Cassandra's Circle - Barbara Brackman's appliqué BOM from 2020.
The BOM started in January with Washington's Plume as a center medallion block.
I managed to keep up with the monthly blocks using a combination of hand appliqué and invisible stitch machine appliqué.
Here are the completed blocks, trimmed and ready for assembly. The blocks measure 18 inches, so the quilt was already pretty good-sized.
The quilt pattern came with instructions for an appliquéd border treatment. I swear I purchased enough fabric to make the borders, but when it came time for cutting the fabric I realized I didn't have enough.
Decisions, decisions. Do I hunt down more background fabric and proceed with the borders or add plain borders and call it a day? Que background noise from the host of UFOs in the room...
Answer is: add simple sashing and borders.
Press carefully and start thinking about how to quilt.
Now measuring 84 inches by 84 inches, it's going to have lots of quilty memories when it's finally complete!
