Thursday, 1 January 2004

I'm currently working on the quilts codenamed Burns, Liners, and Edwards in the sidebar. I'm doing three almost identical baby quilts (except for the borders and backing -- which I'm undecided on at the moment) out of the Jinny Beyer fabrics I bought a few weeks ago.

I'm using the simplest possible pattern -- 2x2 rail step blocks -- and they're coming together really quickly with chain piecing. Originally, I was just going to do two, then I dropped it down to one, then I found out about another baby coming this spring, and then I got invited to a baby shower for the one I'd dropped, so we're now at 3. Each quilt will be about 28x28 inches. After the somewhat complicated lapquilts for Christmas, these are a cinch! Pictures soon. Here's the design (with colors that are not really that close to what I'm using -- I just wanted to get the measurements from EQ, so whipped this together quickly.)

This doesn't make you crazy, it officially makes you a quilter! I don't know anyone who sews who works on one project at a time. Myself, I even have several WIPs:)

      Quilty comment by Joni on 1 January 2004

hi! i've been (slowly) working on a rail fence myself and yup if i would actually just sit down and work on it it goes amazingly face with the strip/chain piecing!! i'm just too lazy to get the sewing machine out of the closet these days....

      Quilty comment by carolyn on 2 January 2004

p.s. doh! that's meant to be "fast" NOT "face"! what kind of a typo is that??!!

      Quilty comment by carolyn on 2 January 2004

yep, you are not crazy, just a "real" quilter :-)
it actually is very productive to do the same pattern this way...so you go girl. and quilting by following the zig zag pattern the rails make will also go fast and easy. That size will really be quick to do as well. Nice choice of colors!

      Quilty comment by Cher on 2 January 2004

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