Yesterday afternoon I finished the extra quilting that I thought my Double Delight needed to balance what Catherine Martin had done. Then I washed it, and put it in the dryer. When I get to that point with any quilt, I think it is DONE. I can mark it down as finished in May, on the very last day! [Counts for One-Project-A-Month plan.]
I have shown this before, but here it is washed and dried, with all the bumpiness of the quilting really showing up.
And today I started the "Quilt-along" offered by Dana at http://oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/ .
Step 1 was choosing your fabric--and after thinking hard about GREEN, I decided on yellow. When I looked into my Yellow Box, I saw a lot of orangey/goldish fabrics I would be glad to use up--so THAT's the kind of yellow I am using. My idea is a summer quilt--maybe with all the yellows: "Summer Sun."
I cut some 2.5" strips as directed in Step 2, and sewed some together. I could see by the Sample that this was going to be a Rail Fence quilt. But I don't have the new fabric she is planning for, so I wasn't able to cut Width-of-Fabric strips. I wasn't going to cut my strips from my scraps until I knew how long they had to be.
Today Step 3 gave me that information, and her particular plan is not going to work for me. I have changed the plan to a FIVE rail block instead of six rails, therefore I am making my blocks 10.5" instead of 12.5".
I think this will still work out to a twin sized quilt. I can make something over 50 blocks, so that will make a 60" x 90" center section.
I think this will still work out to a twin sized quilt. I can make something over 50 blocks, so that will make a 60" x 90" center section.Sara
Gratitudes:
Quiet, rainiy day, good for sewing
Leftovers made dinner easy
More iris in bloom
1 comment:
I think your rail fence will be perfect. I am thinking of doing it too in patriotics. Love your Double Delight!!
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