Boy Quilt Continued

The Great White Hunter has arrived!  That's what his great-grandfather calls him!  His quilt is ready to present to him next weekend.  It was great fun designing it and sewing it for him.  My first boy-themed rag quilt.

I started with the small squares, sewing two together in a continuous seam which I clipped apart later.

Then I sewed the two squares with opposite patterns together in a continuous seam.

You can see one whole big square of small squares open beyond the sewing machine.

Sew the big squares together (all three layers in this quilt as I added a third layer of solid fabric in primary colors) with a big stitched X to secure the layers.  I did the same with the patched squares.

Sew together the large and small squares to form a row of seven squares.

Then sew seven rows together, row by row, in the desired pattern.

Make sure the seams are all sewn flat, front and back.  

It takes some pinning/unpinning and some finger checking as it slides under the pressure foot.

In this photo, you can see the third layer of red, yellow and green in the large squares.

You can also see the pattern of the rows and the diagonals they create as they are sewn together.

The reverse side is usually all sewn seams, but on this quilt I made a mistake and decided to turn it into a purposeful design of some ragging on the outer rows.  All of the open seams are clipped to create the ragging. After washing and drying, the ragging makes the quilt come alive with texture and color.

Love the blues and the patterns in this quilt!