Basted - finally -

Are you tired of seeing this yet? -

Yeah - me, too - LOL -

So these are the last "basting" photos on this monster - ;))

When I turned another corner and needed a filler piece -

I had two smaller scraps in the pile -

And this one fit PERFECTLY -

Turned the next corner -

And the OTHER one fit PERFECTLY -

I was on a roll - LOL -

So used a wider piece for the next round -

And cut the length to size -

And then one last piece finished it up - YAY!! - ;))

Then - because I couldn't wait for tomorrow - even though it was dinner time -

I folded it and pinned the first side seam - starting at the fold -

Carefully matching the raspberry square points to the ones on the other side -

Or at least trying to - LOL - ;))

I don't know why these next two photos look so orange -
But the color is obviously the same as in the photos above -

Not trusting myself to "eyeball" the seam from point to point -

I drew a chalk line down the length of the seam -

And when I got to the last "square" - used the 45-degree line on my ruler along the edge of the patch to see where the "diagonal" should be to get me to the end of the seamline -

Took it to the sewing machine with the huge white table to the left of it so the table could support the weight/bulk of the quilt top -

The cool thing about the seam is that the batting is nowhere near it - so I was able to sew a little - check the seam "matching" the best I could - and then continue sewing along my merry way -

When I finished sewing the seam - I had to turn part of it to the right side - to see how well I was able to "match" the corners of those raspberry squares -

And it looks good enough to me - ;))

Tomorrow I'll sew the other side seam -

Trim them both -

And go from there - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -