Oh the difference 1/2" makes

I'm so glad I sucked it up and ripped out the stitches on the blocks for the Stained Glass Window quilt.
Narrowing the black sashing really helps make the colored prints more of a focal point.

So, Ripping it is

Since I don't have the mental capacity for math at the end of the day I've decided to let my trusty seam ripper do the work. It's actually going a lot faster than I thought it would. Plop down in front of the TV and go to town. 

I wish I could follow directions

I started work on what I'm referring to as my stained glass quilt. I've already messed up.

The sashing for the individual blocks is 1/2" smaller than the sashing for putting the blocks together. Something I didn't figure out until I'd made up the 9x9 block, after having already completed 8 blocks with 4 seams each. That'd be 32 seams to rip out since I don't have enough fabric to start over. Or doing a lot of math in order to make the center blocks work out. Hmmm, decisions, decisions. I decide to put it away for now and finish something else I've started. 

Stained Glass Window

I have a two-story entryway in my house and ever since we moved in (almost four years) I've really wanted to add something between the two windows because I think it looks really bare.

 I came across this really awesome quilt pattern:

Jaybird Quilts

It looks just like a stained glass window and it's the perfect size to fit directly between the two windows. 

A few purple & green prints from Kate Spain's Central Park line of fabric and I'm good to go.