I am so excited to be completed with my quilt for the 2021 Riley Blake Design Block Challenge. It has definitely been a challenge, but one that I have enjoyed very much. Although I have been sewing for over 40 years, this is the first quilt top that I have completed and the skills that I have learned will go a long way in helping me with additional quilts in the future.

After finishing up the 16 blocks in the challenge I then had to make the sashing and cornerstones. The cornerstones were made using the Le Creme, Curry and Chive Confetti Cotton and then the sashing was made using the Le Creme and Curry. Being that this is my first quilt I, after seeing the picture of how this was to look I was afraid I had to sew a bunch of little things together in order to complete this, but I was very happy to learn that I had to cut strips of each color in a certain size and then sew the strips together that were then cut to the size I needed to finish off the quilt.

The sashing and cornerstones

Close up of one of the cornerstones. Look at that matchup!

The sashings were cut to 10 1/2 inch length to match the unfinished blocks and were added to each side. The cornerstones were alternated with a sashing to make up a row that was then sewed in between each row of the blocks.

Now I have to decide who I will use to quilt it together once my backing fabric comes in. I chose a navy solid to put on the back and the binding will be the Curry color using in the sashing and some of the blocks.

MY FINISHED QUILT TOP!!!!

A few close up pics!!!