This was my June project for my stitching day with Stacia and Deloise. It didn’t look all that complicated but I really struggled with it. We sewed on a Thursday and I didn’t finish mine until Saturday; of course my sisters had their projects done by the middle of the first day.

What I struggled most with was getting the columns sorted. The photo of putting the column together was shown in landscape but when you put it together the picture was in portrait. I have enough trouble getting things align properly without that added hindrance. There were a few pieces along the way that had to be restitched and five of the ten corners were put together incorrectly the first time.

I’ve been attempting to use a more colour-coordinated pallet with my scrappy pieces. I’m not sure where the light fabric came from but I know I didn’t buy it; I think it may have come from Deloise at some point. The dark was in my stash and I’ve used it before, as well as the various greens. Green and purple seem to be my go-to colours this year. The gold for the strips and binding was purchased at a yard sale somewhere along the line. It was already folded as a binding; I cut the strips down but went with a double fold binding since it was already prepared.

Hopefully all of the pieces are going the right way in the final piece. It turned out to be a bit larger than it was supposed to. This one is approximately 12″ x 17″.