Quilt Shot Block ~ Black, White + 1 Quilt Challenge

One of my Quilt Guild's Challenges this year was

a Black, white plus 1 color.

You can find more info about the beginning of this quilt

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Quilt Shot Block ~ Elkhorn Creek 2016 Quilt Challenge Begins- Black, White, Plus 1- Disappearing 9 Patch 

 It took me 2 more days to finish this Disappearing 9 Patch lap quilt.

Here are some shots of those 2 days.

 Once again, I had to piece the batting together.

 Used 1 inch strips of light weight iron on interfacing.

I seem to use these strips for different reasons a lot, 

so the last time I had the interfacing out,

I just cut a bag full of them.

This was a time I really appreciated my old cordless iron.

Its about 25 years old.  It won't hold water anymore, but heats up well for this job.

 To butt the batting, I lay the layers over each other

then cut through them.

 Remove the scraps.

 Frustrating.  

Seems like no matter how many times I check the underside, this still happens.

Sneaky.

 This one inch wide ruler comes in handy to cut off the backing for self binding.

Since the batting isn't thick, I didn't bother cutting it off.

This leftover backing will be just the right size to make the rod holder for display

for the quilt guild.

 When I was a little girl, my dad used to get the Louisville Courier Journal Newspaper.

He taught me to look on the Editorial page to check out the political cartoon.

In those drawings would always be the name of the artist's wife hidden in the drawing.

So each day we got the newspaper in the mail,

I looked for "Lois" in the drawing.

As I was doing this quilting, I realized I could hide my name and date on this quilt.

Thank-you Mr. G for modeling my little quilt for me. 😄

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Shots made with Galaxy 4.