Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
~Aubrey de Graf
Quilting
I subcut the next set of 4.5" strips into 8.5" rectangles. There are also lots of 2.5" squares leftover from the first top. I didn't want to make triangles again so decided to make small four-patches.
The shirt rectangles are sewn around it with a partial seam for the first side. Very easy to do. I've used that method on several quilts including Flying Squares and the outer border of a Melon Patch. It's a used technique to remember.
Originally I cut all my darkest purple shot cotton for centers thinking the mediums and lights needed some dark values. Wrong-o. It's too much.
So I replaced half of them. Now there are still more leftovers for another top... and a bunch of white shirts, too.
By the way, here's my first idea for these pieces. It looks a bit like a rail fence but it didn't make me happy so I moved things around. {See the quote at the top of this post.} Perhaps it's finally internalizing.
