Process: Squaring up Blocks

I made a few more of the bow-tie blocks.  None of them ended up at 9.5 inch square.  I had them on the design wall for a week or so, debating what to do about the difference in the sizes.  Because there are the middle yellow pieces, it didn't seem using a square clear template would work.

So finally I just cut a piece of fabric that would be the correct size and used it as the template.

At first did a lot of double checking on both sides of the blocks, but then just centered the fabric templated and cut.

So now I have 15 blocks that are the same size.

A Finish: Cultural Fusion Black and Purple Windmills

I finally put the binding on the black and purple windmill quilt that I started in the Sujata Shaw workshop in 2014 in Maryland.

Timeline:
2015-07 Take Sujata's Workshop and Start Piecing:  Mid-Appalachian Quilters July 2015 event 
2016-02 Sew Blocks Together: https://quiltquest.blogspot.com/2016/02/one-monthly-goal-feb-2016-sew-blocks.html
2016-02 Making it Larger and then Spray Basting: https://quiltquest.blogspot.com/2016/02/one-monthly-goal-feb-2016-sew-blocks_28.html
2016-03 FMQing: https://quiltquest.blogspot.com/2016/03/omg-march-2016-quilting-cultural-fusion.html
2019-03 Squaring up and applying binding

My quilting friend, K,  reminded me how to square up the quilt and get the binding on...

For squaring up we used a large square and a long ruler.  Put the square on the corner and use the longer one to then see the where the side is to be cut.  Using the larger square was new to me and really helped get the job done.

My binding is cut on bias at 2.5 inches.  I put on using an approx 3/8 inch seam - binding is full and nice.

The back is just black and the quilting does not really show up.