I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. My Easter Sunday started with a lovely card, and a surprise Easter Egg hunt around my livingroom

That guy of mine is quite adorable! (I made him a turkey dinner in return).

My day finished with this big beast finally done!

I actually started working on it on Saturday. I had seven rows left to do – each getting longer than the last. I got four rows done, and on the last of the four, I realized I’d sewn it on wrong and my setting triangles didn’t line up right. The whole day had been a slog, so I decided it was time to pack it in for the day.

Sunday, after my egg hunt, and a quick trip out to vote in the advanced polls, (our country is in a Federal election right now) I got back to it. Some time away made me realize I could fix my setting triangles without having to rip and resew the whole row – which is what I thought I was going to have to do. With that done, I set to work finishing the last three rows.

That still took aaaaaaaaaaalll afternoon. The final row alone had 29 4.5 inch squares. But just before dinner it was finally done!

It finished up at about 84″ square. It contains 225 four-patches, and 196 solid blocks… then all the setting triangles, which I didn’t bother to count.

We still have to quilt it, of course, but the boys and I are soooo happy to have the sewing done! It’s time to start something new!