. . . row row row borders . . .

. . . time to sew the rows together . . .

. . . the rebel in me had to change up 

the order of the rows just a little . . .

. . . originally posted at bee in my bonnet 

on 19 march 2013, 

i decided to toss in 

one last bit of cheetah print . . . 

. . . and i made this stop border 

just a titch narrower 

than the tutorial called for . . .

{this was also the day [13 june 2013] 

i spilled an entire 44 oz diet coke 

all over me, this quilt, the floor, 

and a huge box of bloops! swaddling blankets

 when the kitchen chair i was sitting on 

went all goldilocks on me}

. . . sporting a mild whiplash, 

yet undeterred, 

i chose these fabrics 

for the scalloped outer border . . .

. . . this tutorial was originally posted 

at bee in my bonnet

on 20 march 2013 . . .

. . . the blocks went together easily . . .

. . . but i somehow managed 

to sew the top and bottom border rows together 

in exactly the opposite order 

than i had planned 

for my modified roygbiv effect . . .

. . . i lightly swore . . .

. . . and then i put my new seam ripper 

to good use 

and took the rows apart . . .

. . . and sewed them back together . . .

{it's a modified roygbiv 

because technically there's no 'o' or 'i' or 'v', 

but i threw in a little 'p' instead}

. . . and now, slightly less than a year 

after i spent a couple of hours 

wandering through corn wagon quilt co 

in springville, utah 

selecting fat quarters 

for a quilt i'd never seen . . .

. . . i've got a completed top . . .

. . . YAY!!! . . .

. . . looking forward 

to working on the cutest label 

you ever did see . . .

{total number of pieces in borders: 172}

{total number of pieces in completed quilt top: 1791}

{dimensions: 68" x 86"}