Distractibility at its finest..

I've been trying to really focus on the projects i'm working on and to get as much done as I can... well.. it worked for a little while this weekend. I got my April bee blocks done as well as some necessary quilting one one of my UFO quilt tops.. but then.. Sunday rolled around and I just needed to do something different.

I've loved Jeni's tutorial at Moda BakeShop for the patchwork chevron since it was posted. But, her tutorial calls for 4 charm packs - I know for a fact I do not have 4 charm packs of any pattern laying around and i'm really trying to be good about using my stash.. so I decided to modify it a bit

I used 2 charm packs of Good Fortune I had and created this...

It uses exactly 2 charm packs (or 84 squares) plus approx. 1.5 yards of a solid
It measures approx. 54 x 70"

Where Jeni uses a 3x3 square of charms initially, I used a 2x2 

Followed the same way Jeni made her HST's

 Finished squares measured approx. 9"

Once they were all done, I decided on a layout and went about piecing

It came together very quickly, exactly what I needed

When you're pieced your patchwork piecing will not match up! 

It's the same as the original tutorial.

easy peasy and satisfied my itch to work on something new :)

It was actually a very windy day yesterday, but perseverance pays off

Okay, anyone else realize the this means I have ANOTHER unfinished quilt top to add to the list

whoops. haha

I'm linking up with Manic Monday, Sew What Monday

and Quilt Story