Laying Out a Quilt

While we were on vacation, I finished blocks for a new quilt. Because the quilt is large, 100 blocks, set in ten rows and ten columns, I needed to lay it out on the living room floor. Smaller projects, I can pin up on a design wall in my sewing room or lay out on top of a bed. This quilt is too large for that, so we needed to use the rug.

Emme and Rudy decided that we needed their help with the project. No sooner had we put one block on the floor, than both dogs were there to help. After a few blocks were laid down, Emme had to step on top of them and lie down. Of course, in doing that, she moved some of the blocks, so it was a constant task of laying down blocks and then rearranging blocks as Emme moved from place to place. Then Rudy decided to lie down on row one and two and proceed to lick the blocks. I don't know why.

We got both dogs off the blocks and continued to work. Emme returned with a lovie, the big mamma gorilla, and settled in for a long rest. Then Rudy got his stuffed jack and brought it to the quilt top. We shooed both dogs off the quilt blocks again and I held Emme in my arms for the remainder of the lay out process as Ken continued to follow the lay out diagram. One hundred blocks and a few frayed nerves later, we finished. Ken took both dogs out to the porch while I picked up and labeled the blocks so I could carry them upstairs to sew them together.

Everything is more difficult, but more fun, with a dog.