I’m clearly having a problem with the concept of the one a day quilt-along.

I stopped round one at 36 blocks. I need… quite a few more. Which means I had no business starting round two, and yet, here I am, having, at this point, finished the equivalent of a two a day quilt along.

Heh.

In a moment of weakness, I purchased a couple of charm packs and a fat quarter collection from Superbuzzy at the Renegade Craft Faire in SF, and, in many more moments of weakness, made a bunch of 9-patches. 56 in all.

This was an insanely easy project. Each charm square gets divided into fourths. A 2.5-inch strip cut from the longest side of a fat quarter will make centers for eight 9-patches. Cut 4 strips of the same size to make the four corners of each block. Mix up your color scheme and repeat six times. Lay out on your wrinkly bed sheets to make sure white is the right choice for sashing. Proceed accordingly.

I have a serious sashing backlog building up over here. I have four sets of blocks that need sashing, and no plan to deal with any of them. Somebody, please, convince me I have the strength of mind to deal with those long strips.

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