Finished batik square flimsy

I finished the top of that quilt I’m making with batiks. It’s turning out to be significantly bigger than initially planned!

A 44 inches by 64 inches quilt top. 6 rows of 4 blocks. Each block has a center square, with black sashing and medium or dark blue around it. There is a 1 inch black sashing around the whole thing, and a 1 inch yellow sashing around that, and then a 4 inches dark blue batik border to finish it all.

I was making half the size of what the quilt designer came up with. But with the black 1” sashing between each block, and the black 1” sashing around the main body of the quilt. All that surrounded by a yellow 1” sashing, AND a 4” dark blue batik border…. That quilt grew! It’s now sitting at 44” x 64”!

The yellow sashing is flannel, and it’s what I’m going to use for the backing. I originally was thinking a red flannel, but my wife suggested yellow and she was so right! Love the look of it.

Super happy with the mitered corners I did on the border, as well!

Close up view of the corner, showing a half decent mitered corner.

Next step will be to quilt this. Intending to use a mix of stitch in the ditch and ruler work. First time for everything.

But before I quilt it, I need to get some wool batting!

Finished batik square flimsy

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