Transitional Borders

          Since I worked many hours today on my Never Ending Quilt, I rewarded myself with an hour or so of playing with this one.

          I have decided that I needed a row of transitional blocks, rather than sewing the string-pieced blocks directly onto an unpieced batik border. I sketched and fiddled with various options to no avail. The solution finally came during my yoga class. No surprises there.

         Fortunately, I had saved the leftovers from cutting my huge string-pieced strip into blocks. The leftovers were plenty big enough to cut smaller 2 3/4" blocks from them. I then framed the smaller blocks with batiks strips so that the final measurements were 4" X 4".

          Next to the framed squares, I am adding a row of tie-dye batik squares. The final border will be the mottled/splattered looking batik.

         I still have lots of the framed squares to complete before I can begin sewing all of these blocks together. Something to look forward to during my breaks from the Never Ending Quilt.