Delectable Mountain Quilt

After my pillow-cover making project, I had 23 Fat Eigths of Lush Uptown left.  I decided to make a Delectable Mountain Quilt, so I started cutting.  From each F8 I cut two 8.5 inch squares, that took up most of each fabric piece.  Then I cut the same number of squares of Kona White.  I recently had to re-do a quilt back, and couldn't reuse the Kona White for that, so I used that fabric for these squares.  "Waste not, want not", is a good policy.

The next step was making the HSTs.  I set aside some of the squares for a later project and got busy.  I used the traditional HST method.  Today, I spent my time trueing up the HSTs to 8 inch squares.  When I first started quilting I tended to skip this step.  Older and wiser, maybe, I usually always true up, now a days.

These steps have taken up four days, of "quilting time", and tomorrow I'll be on to the next steps - (Lay the half square triangles right sides together- lights and darks are opposite each other.  Cut them into 4– 2" strips- make sure you are cutting the correct direction!  Re-arrange the order of the 4 strips so they will make a delectable mountain and stitch them together.)  I think this step could take a couple of days.  This is the block tutorial I'm using, if you're interested.

I soon hope to show you a Delectable Mountain Block, or two.

May your bobbins always be full,