swachterOmfg I actually did do the math right holy shit
OK, the day started with a stack of *actually* square blocks and trimmed borders. I reassembled the blocks into one long strip and added the border to the “top” edge before I got hung up on the geometry of whether I could cut the blocks with two blocks to the vertical or three. I need 90 linear inches to cut the back, two fronts, and two sleeves and I’m like 85% sure I can do it with two vertical blocks. I guess I’ll find out tomorrow. I will definitely need to use the old borders at the top and bottom of the strip to get enough vertical height for the pattern pieces.
I’ll need to recut the existing backing to fit the new shape, but I’m waiting on that until after the front is done in case I need to do some more clever piracy to get enough either length or width. In extremity, I do have some other random cherry yardage that could be tapped in for this project. I am nothing if not aesthetically consistent.
I did lay out the pattern pieces on the quilt top and now having completely disassembled it, I can put it back together in a way that gives me more usable shapes for the sewing pattern. Instead of being a fat square, I can make kind of a long thick strip with the cherry blocks oriented on the diagonal and use the former borders on the bottom to bulk our the yardage.
“This will be a quick little project” I think as I look at all the quilting and appliqué that needed to be finished.
“I can totally bang this out in a day or two” as I seam rip off the binding
“Ok four days max” as I yank out the polyester batting
“A week at the outside” as I realize that the quilt top is a stretchy folded bubbly situation and none of the squares are square. “I can fix it” as I disassemble it completely into squares and strips of sashing.
“Yes extremely fun choices fast project good serotonin” as I trim all the squares to the same size and trim down the sashing.
