Mike’s quilt is coming along nicely. I’ve completed the rows with white sashing and have sewn together two of the three rows divided by horizontal sashing. I’m off today to buy the batting; I’m going to use Quilters Dream 100% pure cotton batting which drapes beautifully. This is a very high grade batting and is very easy to work with.

Mike has been very involved in the project. He laid out the quilt top and was particular about the layout. So the small blue painters tape you see on some blocks is to remind me that the block is the left block. He went back and forth on the sashing color and width but ended up with 3/4” white. Each individual block is 8” finished (hence the name “crazy eights”) and four blocks go together to create a 16” finished block. The quilt will be approximately 51” by 51”. It will have black binding (unless he changes his mind 😄 😃 )