I’m so happy with my progress on my Hugs & Kisses on the Grand Canal quilt! I just need to finish up the letter X blocks and then I can assemble the top. Here are some progress pictures so far.

Snowballing the corners of the letter O center blocks:

Corner cut offs from the snowballed blocks. I’m going to use them to make a matching pillow, I think.

All of the HSTs prior to pressing and the cut offs again:

All of the HSTs after pressing:

Trimmings from all of the HSTs. I just love seeing a big stack of trimmings!

Top and bottom rows for the letter O blocks prior to pressing:

Top and bottom rows for the letter O blocks after pressing:

A completed letter O block:

All of the completed letter O blocks:

Chain piecing the HSTs for the letter X blocks:

Finished pairs of HSTs:

All the parts of the letter X blocks almost ready to be assembled:

I just need to press the top and bottom rows and assemble the letter X blocks and then I can put the top together. I put together this preview in EQ7 and I think it’s going to be so pretty when it’s finished! 🙂