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Creating Rails

15th January 2012

Creating Rails

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Just so you don’t think I’ve been off doing nothing, I thought I’d share a couple of photos of some of my progress on a quilt I started on. Granted, if I hadn’t sat and watched football games most of today, I would have had the borders cut and sewing on so the quilt top would be finished, but I can’t lie, I sat and watched football instead! Anyway, tomorrow is another day, so will definitely get going on those borders!

The first photo is the blocks, made from 3 different fabrics, using 3 1/2 inch strips. Pieced together with 1/4 inch seams, the end result will be strip 3 inches wide.

Blocks

The second photo is 6 strip sets of 6 blocks each. These are laying on the floor so I can make sure I’ve sewn them all the correct direction before I sew the strip sets together.

Top

And finally, the quilt top all pieced together, sans borders.

Top withot borders

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  1. 1 On January 16th, 2012, Judy said:

    Your quilt is lovely. I thought you might be sewing while watching football. But then I dropped a needle (fortunately found it) while watching a game so put my stuff away. I found your blog via entrecard.

    posted on January 16th, 2012 at 1:49 am

  2. 2 On January 16th, 2012, silvergirl said:

    wow they are awesome, love the color combination

    posted on January 16th, 2012 at 5:21 am

  3. 3 On January 16th, 2012, Karen said:

    That is going to be a beautiful quilt! I sew while I watch tv. LOL

    posted on January 16th, 2012 at 10:59 am

  4. 4 On January 16th, 2012, Elizabeth@Table4Five said:

    So pretty! Where did you find the fabric with the breast cancer ribbons?

    posted on January 16th, 2012 at 5:56 pm

  5. 5 On January 17th, 2012, Kim said:

    Beautiful work! I’ve been in a creative funk myself these days but after visiting your blog you have given me some inspiration once again. Thank you!

    posted on January 17th, 2012 at 7:38 am

  6. 6 On January 22nd, 2012, Brenda said:

    It looks like it’s going to be beautiful! I’m watching football today, so I’m not getting much work done either.

    posted on January 22nd, 2012 at 6:36 pm

  7. 7 On January 23rd, 2012, lynne said:

    Believe it or not, I found all the fabric for the rails, including that particular pink ribbon fabric, at Joanns Fabrics!

    posted on January 23rd, 2012 at 3:07 pm