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 By now, 96 small dark three-inch blocks are finished. That's enough for the inner dark border. Some blocks stand out a bit in terms of color, like the diagonal beige stripe. I might remake this one in different colors. Overall, it’s already a beautiful whole. |
 It's now November 16, and the stack of blocks is steadily growing. I have chosen an alternative design that means fewer small dark blocks, fewer large light blocks, and more large dark blocks. I have sorted the blocks by type and stored them under a cloth to keep them neat. |
 In the download link at the top of this article, you can find all the blocks from the beginning of the challenge, including the bonus blocks. With the blocks available now, the quilt is already quite far along. In the overview here, you can find all the blocks. The placement in the overview matches the placement in the image below. The color of the blocks indicates the month. |
 You can now easily find blocks you’re missing in the downloads. The bonus blocks are not shown in the image below. If you have made those, you can use them as reserves. Maybe a block didn’t turn out so well, or you don’t like a chosen color combination. Then you can use one of your reserve blocks. |
| Once all the blocks are finished, you can finally start assembling. Start in the center and add border after border. The final quilt is quite large. Not everyone can quilt it with a sewing machine because it simply doesn’t fit. Then you can either quilt it by hand or choose to have it quilted by machine. Once the quilting layers are done, you can add a nice binding. How to do that is explained in the article a beautiful border for a quilt. A quilt is, of course, only truly finished when it has a nice label. I embroidered the label with the embroidery machine and attached it to the back with very small stitches by hand. Good Luck! |