Split Herringbone update

 Look what arrived!

I finally got to see if my math was right! (spoiler: it wasn't!)

I looked through my stash, pulled out all my solid colours, went through to find the ones I thought went well together and came up with the bundle above. I steered clear of any darker tones as the 'backing' fabric is black and I want the 'stripes' to stand out.

Speaking on the background colour I went for Moda Black. I would preferred Kona Charcoal but that cost £11 per meter and the Moda Black was £8, there is no way my sister would have noticed the slightly lighter shade of black so my frugal self won and I went with the cheaper option.

I set about cutting my fabric to the plan I made but alas it all went wrong! The fabric measured 41'' across and not 44'' so my math went out the window! 
I cut the long Z, X and W strips first because they are longer than a metres worth of fabric so that made most sense, then I sort of winged it. The ▮ (5x8.5) blocks went next, then the 🞴 (5x5) blocks and then everything else. It ended up being just under 4 metres (lucky I had the little extra on hand)  so I wasn't off by much!

I cut my colour strips next and they look so pretty all mixed up, I really like the colour explosion! 

Next up is the assembly part, fingers crossed that goes well!