The Illusion quilt top is finished. The sewing was very easy. It took longer than expected as there were 36 blocks.

Half square triangles were sewn into pinwheels.

After pressing, the blocks were cut two inches from the center seam on all four sides.

The pieces were rearranged as in the bottom block and sewn to make the top right block.

The finished block looks nothing like the pinwheel.

The blocks are twisted and turned to complete the quilt top. The outside border was supposed to be a solid piece of fabric, but I used scraps for this quilt, and didn’t have the yardage. I had enough scraps to make a rail fence border.

The pattern is from a YouTube video from Missouri Star Quilt Company. On the YouTube video, Jennie used a layer cake with many colors. Her quilt was beautiful. If I was to make it again, I would not use the pastel colors and would only use the darker shades.

The 2025 SAHRR (Stay At Home Round Robin) has started. I have chosen the center block. There are a lot or orphan block in the bin. It came down to two basket blocks and I chose the pastel block. For some reason, it is already hand quilted. I’ll have to work around that. The first row is a block that starts with the first letter of your first name. Fortunately, there are a lot of blocks that start with B. I have a plan in mind and will start it today.

While looking in the orphan bin I found several unfinished projects that I didn’t sew and really don’t like. I don’t know where they came from. I’ve given myself permission to put then into the mile a minute basket or disposed of them in another way. The original sewed probably didn’t like them either,

Have a great day and happy quilting.