sweet sashing

i get up far earlier than anyone else in this house and in this season, even the sun. when i come home from my workouts, the sun has risen but no one else in the house. that's usually when i crack open the blue sewing room doors and quietly get to work.

when i opened up the doors this morning, i saw these pieces laid out and they looked so pretty in that sun-just-up light. 

 i made up my mind about the sashing for the nine patch blocks a few weeks ago, but i had to do all those other quilty chores before i could begin assembly of this top.

those pretty pieces gave me all kinds of trouble because of sizing difference from the pieces i cut and the nine patch blocks. i think my compensation foot doesn't sew a scant 1/4", or maybe it's something about the liberty pieces. either way, the blocks are about 1/8" smaller than they should be, which caused all kinds of problems for seam matching. and i changed the width for the sashing along the way, but forgot to trim some of the pieces. i did it to myself. 

after unpicking and resewing all the seams at least twice, i completed the first row. it was so sweet looking and easy to sew (once i got the cutting straightened out), and everyone else was still asleep, so i went ahead and assembled the second row, too. 

 i'm very happy with how it's looking. it's going to be a wee bit smaller than i original planned because of the width changes i made (for a reason i no longer remember), but that's okay. on the one hand, it's very traditional looking and not the kind of quilt i make at all. then i look at it how comfy, cozy, and sweet it is and feel like it's perfect for fall and exactly what i want to be snuggling right now.