Sometimes -

I tend to overthink things and confuse myself -

Perfect example - my Imperial Bargello - ;))

I looked back at some of my old progress posts -

And have NO clue what I was thinking back then -

So I decided to start over - LOL - ;))

I have my diagram -

And the "right" side panel is sewn together -

So I used those as my guides to figure out what to do for the "left" side -

I had two panels sewn into tubes but not cut yet -

So I laid one out to the "left" of the sewn panel -

Matched up the strips on both sides -

Made sure the bottom/inside strips matched -

And started in the center of my diagram - cutting from right to left -

And pinned them - in order - to my ironing pad as I went along -

Some patterns say to cut all of the same size strips at the same time -
And make piles with the various sizes -
Then - following the pattern -
Choose the size strip you need - when you need it -

I prefer to cut the strips in the size sequence used in the pattern -
Fat to skinny to fat and back again -

It especially helps if you have prints that you want to "flow" across the bargello -

Like that FLORAL to the right/below the BLACK section -

I think you would lose the pattern if you cut all of the same size strips with no idea where they will fall in the whole scheme of things - but it wouldn't matter if the fabrics are all solids - so maybe there is "method in the madness" - LOL -

Anyway - after I took the photos -

I moved the ironing pad - with the strips pinned to it -
To the cutting table in my Studio -

Then - starting at the "right" side/center -
Pulled the first four strips to be un-sewn -
And moved them to my ironing board -

I'll play with them four at a time - un-sewing - according to my diagram - then sew them together into "twosies" and "foursies" until the left panel is done - then sew both panels together and decide whether or not I want/need to add a border -

I think this BLACK print will work nicely as both backing and borders - ;))

Now that I have two "sit-down" projects going -

I think I'll look for a quilt top that needs a backing -

For a "stand-up" project -

And play with cutting - pressing- fuse/basting - pinning -

Until it comes time to trim the Interweave quilts -

Maybe I'll be able to get a little assembly-line going -

That might be FUN - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -