Moda Blockheads 5 Layout Info

This silly quilt was a tricky one to take pictures of! First off, she’s a roomy quilt finishing at just over 76″ square. Secondly, as I mentioned yesterday, Tiggs was a happy “helper”.

I finished my Moda Blockheads 5 quilt late Tuesday afternoon after spending several hours on Tuesday assembling my quilt top. As of Tuesday morning, my quilt center block was done (I shared that a couple weeks ago) and all of my blocks were complete. I still needed to cut all of the sashing/border pieces and assemble everything together.  I had a couple meetings Tuesday morning, so before heading out in the morning, I cut and added the first dark blue border to my quilt center. I got home after lunch and set to sewing right away. I cut the pieces I needed for each border one at a time…sewed the completed border to the quilt center and then moved onto the next section. Within several hours, I had a completed quilt top. I hadn’t planned to film a video about this quilt top but I decided it would be a nice addition to the pictures/words I could share here on the blog. But first, we needed to take some pictures and get those checked off the list.

It was early evening and a bit windy and look who came rolling in…almost immediately, Tiggs needed to be in the photos.

We have so many photos of Tiggs sprawled out in the middle of the quilt, walking across the quilt, playing in the quilt, sniffing the quilt….etc.

Just outside the edge of the quilt…. =) Some of you might be surprised that I wouldn’t mind those outside paws walking across my freshly finished quilt top but I am very much of the mindset that quilts are to be used and enjoyed and his antics brought a smile to Ryan and I’s face. He’s so silly!

Now, muddy paws I am not a fan of! If he’s got muddy paws, he’s going to need to enjoy from a distance. LOL

The best picture we could get on Tuesday, was the very first one at the top of the page. Yesterday, I wanted to get at least one picture that showed the quilt top in its entirety. I was able to pop back outside (I really don’t have a great inside spot to show the whole quilt) and take a photo of the quilt in full. It was a super sunny day so the lighting isn’t quite as nice but you do get to see what the quilt looks like.

My quilt is made using my Peachy Keen fabric line mixed with Blueberry Delight by Anne Sutton. If you’ve missed any of the Moda Blockheads blocks for this round, you can find them here.

I spent some time talking about my layout in today’s YouTube video which you can watch here.

In the video, I referenced my layout/measurements diagram. You can download that diagram here. It shows the measurements for the pieces you’d need to cut for the borders and sashing for my layout. In the video, I go over that diagram and give additional information.

I hope you’ve enjoyed sewing along with MBH. I think it’s always a fun sew along! Have a wonderful Thursday. Corey