In with the bags of fabric I got, there was a simple alternating squares quilt top. It is a crib sized quilt top. I am assuming the top was not finished because it was not flat. When you lay this top on the floor there are some mountains/peeks. No amount of quilting would have helped with this.
On top of that, a lot of the seams did not match. Some of them were out by over an inch. When I investigated the top, trying to figure out what went wrong, I noticed that none of the seams are the same size. Some of the seams are less than a 1/4" and some are over 1/2". This on its own is enough to have created the mountains, but when I really looked at the blocks I noticed that they were not all cut the same size either. With the blocks all different sizes, this quilt top was doomed from the start.
I liked the simplicity of the squares and the pretty colours. As this top is only crib size, I decided to take it all apart and start from scratch. I've already taken the blocks apart while on puppy duty. When I get a chance, I will iron all the blocks, trim them to one common size and sew them back together.
It shouldn't take me too long, as they are all the same colours I can easily assemble them in four patch style and in a grid format without much thought.
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