I know at this point in the quilting process you are chomping at the bit to get this thing together and finished! You have worked hard, you can see the finish line and you know what your quilt is actually going to look like.
Sewing the blocks together are about as simple as a step as you have had yet. The only pointer I have is to make sure that your squares are lining up. Check to make sure the middle seam line is even on both blocks. Also make sure you are pulling from your stacks in the same order that you stacked them. You do not want to undo all the hard work you put in organizing your blocks.
I am not that fond of constant repetition, I need a break in the pattern (or I get a break in my back). How I went through this process was sewing together a row, pressing it and attaching it to the next row over. I went that way through all ten rows. I was careful when attaching row to row, to make sure that it was pinned very well before sewing. I wanted to make sure that that the rows went together as nicely as possible.
After you have the whole quilt pieced it is time to start thinking about the fabric backing and the quilting style you wish to have on your quilt. Here are a few of my favorite blogs that I read, some great examples of different types of quilting and some handy tutorials that they have put together.
First up: Sew Katie Did, the way she has quilted this quilt reminds me of the rolling hills of Kentucky. I have done something close to this on Benjamin's birthday quilt a few months back and it was very easy!
Next, over at Oh! Fransson, she has some great examples of standard meandering quilting. Simple and beautiful looking, this definitely takes skill and practice. I am still working at perfecting this technique! She also gives some great tutorials for you to use as well!
I find this pattern extremely charming over at ps i quilt. I have never tried anything like this, but I can tell it would take a good deal of control and practice!
Last but not least, a quilt is nice shows a very simple basic quilting of just rows. I have done something like this in my beach quilt and I love the simplicity.
I hope this gives you some great ideas and maybe your imagination is starting to run a little wild! Charlotte thinks our rough circles quilt is coming along pretty nicely!
-melissa
