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Deep Purple!

What? Where?
No that's just what I was blaring out last night while I was piecing together the checkerboard for the border of the Sew a Row quilt for  Connecting Threads. I have been itching to get on with this project, it has been so interesting to see the different ideas everyone has come up with as the bags have been passed around. I set all my rows in place yesterday, with just a little tweaking here and there to make them fit. I can't show a picture yet. 

I used 'Jan Logic' (I'll explain that one day) to decide on the order to place the rows. However, this had the unintended effect of having too much blue at one end. So my plan is to equalise the colour balance with the sashings and border. 

Make sense? No, never mind! 

I am happy in my own little world making these four patches, spinning seams and joining checkerboard strips. I still can't decide whether or not to make a pieced backing.

That will keep me occupied until Festival of Quilts tomorrow! Yay!! Must try to get an early night.

Meanwhile, I am still teetering on the brink of that elusive Laura Ashley project.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

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