Paths of Life Quilt for Project Quilting

This post will be a series of photos of how I cut and stitched each step for my Paths of Life Quilt. 

I am not going to explain each step, as I have said before there are books out there that do a wonderful job of explaining.  I would just like to show you the process.
My Disclaimer:  Do not try this at home!  It is not for a beginner.  It is not easy to do, but it is fun, once you get the hang of it! 
It is not quilted yet. I will share more photos again in a couple days, as the challenge is due on Sunday at noon.
This is a photo of how it looked at the end of the day on Wednesday.  I will share the steps...

I started on Wednesday by laying the blue fabric right side up on the background fabric. With the rotary cutter I started cutting with wavy lines.

Stitch and then press after stitching.

Sometimes, I pressed the seams in and sometimes out.  Whichever way was best.  I also pressed and let all my seams distort to get a curvy effect on the black strips.

Here's the first path completed.

The original sketch to give me some guidelines to follow, but I changed it as I continued.

I cut, stitched, and pressed the other paths in the same way.

I pinned a few pins at the intersection of the opposite curves.

The paths joined at the edge.  The other paths intersected on the quilt. I added curvy borders too.  All of different sizes too.

I pressed every step and let the fabric stretch and curve. I let things get distorted on purpose. I trimmed the outer edges with curves too. It is ready for the final pressing, before I quilt it.

I can't wait to quilt it!

Have a great day!

Marcia

Part ONE - the story about my inspiration for this quilt

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