eo-5 Willow Quilt Top Assembly

The nine blocks came together fairly quickly. The biggest challenge was the mental gymnastics required to cut the scrap pieces correctly. While the majority of the Kona cotton used here is a solid woven color (same on front and back) - the linen pieces are stamped. This required a little more thought and was a source of mistakes and good practice.

The blocks are shown above (the blocks are sitting on a white sheet). I did not use a gradation in willow stems from top to bottom. I ended up emphasizing the background color variation. I was hoping for a desert sunset effect - with the colors clear but also almost washed out in the distance by the sun. 

After trimming the blocks, I added the white frame around each. I used a block-width section of white between the rows and a long pieces separating the columns. You can also see that I rearranged the blocks in the final layout.