I began working on a Bonnie HUnter scrap quilt,"Carolina Chain"  several months ago. I kept it in a box, and worked on the blocks when I wanted to sew something small and quick.  Somedays I feel like I want to be with my sewing machine, but I do not want to begin a large project, I have so many "large projects"  already in boxes waiting to be finished or quilted or bound.  So in my quest to finish some of those UFO's I pulled out the Carolina Chain. Making the blocks is fun and easy, and NO Triangle blocks.

Although I love the look of triangle blocks in a quilt. Those are the blocks I have the most trouble making uniform. After trying several different methods I have found that my accucuquilt dies are the most helpful in getting my blocks uniform in size. But of course I only have a limited block size with the accuquilt die.

Since last week I have been laying out the blocks on this project. The pattern calls for them to be set "on  point"  and I have only made one other quilt with blocks on point.  This week I discovered why.  Since I have no space in my sewing room for a permanent design wall  ( too many windows)  I must use a temporary one, of a flannel backed vinyl table cloth I purchased at the Dollar Tree.  It works great for small projects,  but this quilt is too large to layout on the table cloth.  So I start a row or two on the table cloth then sew those blocks together, and move it all to the floor of my sunroom. I have spent a lot of time "unsewing"  and re stitching because keeping the blocks in the correct order and orientation and the correct number in each row is a challenge.  But today I finished sewing all the blocks in to rows, tomorrow I will stitch the rows together,., And Voila,, I will have a quilt top.

Oh BTW the ladder. That is in waiting for me to take the snowmen off the shelf above my windows.  But now that I think about it...Heck it is April, so I just may do what I did last year... Leave them up and they will be ready for next Christmas.