Quilt Update (and step-by-step)

I posted about a week ago that I was going to be starting on a new quilt project. Well, I got started over the weekend! It's a tedious process so far, but I think the end result will be pretty amazing.

Using this tutorial as a guide, here is what I've done so far...

I chose this fabric and these three colored flannels:

The tutorial wanted the printed fabric cut to a 45" square, but the fabric I chose was only 44" wide. So I cut that down to a 43" square and the flannel (since it needs to be a bit smaller) got cut down to 42" squares.

Then I layered everything and matched up the edges. I decided to sandwich the dark brown flannel between the pale yellow and light blue. The printed fabric should lay face down, while the flannels will lay face up for all three.

I placed pins around the edges, about 5" apart to hold my layers together.

I used whatever straight edges I had available to mark my diagonal line from corner to corner down the center of the flannel. I used a washable fabric marker (that is so old that it's dry and I had to go over the line about 10 times..).

I then sewed down my line with the flannel side face up. Once that line is stitched, then flip it over to stitch lines about 1/2" apart on the printed fabric side. You want to stitch on the printed fabric because that way any mistakes or bobbin mishaps will be easily hidden on the back side. Especially since it will be cut apart to make the chenille anyway.

Use the sewing machine foot as a guide to space your stitching lines.

Stitching the lines is pretty time consuming! But so far, I'm really loving the way the diagonal quilting looks. I can't wait until it's finished!

Here is what I have done so far, front and back. It doesn't look like much really. The diagonal stitching only covers about 10ish" or so, so far.

... and here is an example of why you want to stitch your lines on the front - where mishaps aren't as noticeable. I had a bobbin issue that I couldn't figure out, but once it was fixed, it was smooth sailing!

I'm hoping to have all the stitching done by the end of the week, then it's on to the fun parts :)