I have started two new quilt piecing projects. The thing you should be thinking is “WHY?” It’s not like I don’t already have lots of UFOs. But when one is deboning men’s shirts and has lots of small pieces to use up...
You might remember these 31 six-inch rail fence blocks that I made in south GA last week.
Since I’ve been home, I started pulling all the yokes from my shirts that were previously cut up. I am also cutting for a pattern I just found on Pinterest that uses 2-1/2” squares (6 for each block) that I’m going to use for leaders/enders for the foreseeable future.
I’m thinking of calling this quilt “The yoke’s on you.” Get it? A play on “the joke’s on you”? You don’t get it. Well, maybe you’re not a Parker.
Here’s my rail fence blocks after making some last night and tonight.
The orange has been toned down some, but there are a lot more fabrics to go yet. I don’t want to use this ultra-simple layout. Any suggestions for how to use square string blocks? I want to make it somewhat more interesting. This isn’t floating my boat.
My eldest daughter had a baby on 9/20. I am going over every afternoon to home school her two oldest. I was there five hours today. I need to cut back on that. In fact, yesterday we discussed me bringing them to my house so there wouldn’t be distractions from the 2 and 1-year olds, not to mention the newborn. But my daughter has a sinus infection and mastitis as of today. I felt like it was an emergency rescue to go over and give her some backup.
Here is the Pinterest picture of the quilt I’m using as a leader/ended...
Surprise, surprise...mine will be from upcycled shirts.
That’s all for now. Have a lovely sleep.
