Catching Up To Myself

Day 169: As I was adding new hexagons to the quilt-as-you-go project, it occurred to me that I needed some way to ensure a semblance of randomness. I had already decided that I wanted no more than two of each center, although there might be four from a single piece of fabric (e.g., isolating two sheep for one pair and two chickens for another) and no more than four of each border/reverse side fabric. It seemed the best way to achieve this would be to make pairs as I went along, sewing one into the quilt and setting the other aside to be added in the second half. I had already assembled a dozen, so I've spent the last few days catching up to myself by sewing their counterparts (this is in addition to hand-stitching the binding to a different quilt). I have one to go, and then I'll have caught up to myself. If I have enough different fabrics, the finished quilt will be either 53.5" x 60" (218 hexagons) or 56" x 60.5" (230 hexagons).