WIP: Gray Crazy Eights

When I was working on the Stars & Stitches (completion here) my husband saw a black & white picture I took to see the gradations of color - pale to dark. He instantly said that he wanted me to make a quilt for him in shades of gray. So that’s what I’ve been working on. I ordered a fat quarter of gray fabric (12 fabrics measuring 22” by 18”) with shades of dark charcoal to pale gray. He rejected six colors because they were closer to brown hue rather than to blue. So I ordered four more fat quarters and started hand cutting. I couldn’t use the Cricut Maker that I recently bought because of the odd angles in the crazy eight templates.

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I’ve finished cutting all the blocks and have 23 of them put together (left side) — only 16 more to go. He initially thought he wanted black sashing but has changed his mind and decided on white. I’ve ordered that fabric and hope it will be in late next week.