In the bleak winter...P.Q. 13.1 All the colors

Time for Project Quilting 13.1 first challenge of 2022

All the colors is the theme over at Persimon dreams website. I have been doing quite a few of these challenges since some of the first seasons. Sometimes you need a boost to get started on something. 

This challenge was perfect to start because it is so cold and blah outside right now. 

This quilt is 40" x 55" 

fabric from stash, low volume backgrounds, solids, serpentine quilting

The pattern I found in a quilt magazine I have been saving. Design is by Susan Ache and it is called "Postage Plus". I decided to start the challenge by picking a random magazine and making a random quilt that fit the challenge. I have so many books and magazines that are not getting used...as in made into quilts and I am saving them for that reason so ..why not?

 I have been slow to get back to quilting so I thought to start small as in quilt size. I failed to realize that postage stamp blocks are usually tres small too. 

This quilt has 1744 1.5" squares in it!!!

I could not have done it but for the cutting using my moms June Tailor strip cutter.

So easy to use when cutting tiny cuts. 

It helped to have those perfect cuts when sewing all of the blocks together. I think I hit about 90% perfect seam matches so win win!

I quilted a simple serpentine stitch across the blocks diagonally and it made a cute cross hatch of X's and O's. I used my stitch in the ditch foot which made that really easy. 

Linking up with Kim @ Project Quilting Challenge 13.1 click on the link and check out the other entries. 

and

linking with Alycia  Finished or not friday

and Sherry HERE finish photo fun

and Cynthia for Oh Scrap

NTT My Quilt Infatuation