I seem to make this over and over again....a rail fence is one of my favorite patterns for strips and donation quilts. This one has a little bit of anything and everything in it. As long as the strip was 6 1/2" long, I put it in. I just make sure to have one strong dark for each medium and/or light twosome.
I didn't add a border to this one, just my "waste not" scrap bindings. I used about 12 different scrap pieces to finish off the binding. And now my binding bag only has 3 pieces left in it! Yay! I am making headway on the scraps.
Free motion quilting-----easy, trailing and branching curls, and I think I can call this one done. 
I am working on the Florabunda blocks at night as we watch TV. I have a pile of triangles and 4 patches cut and have begun sewing on them.
Soon as I get the batiks off the design wall, I'll be able to put up a few blocks.
I had a question about juggling so many projects at once.....I like to have multiple things to work on, so that I don't get bored. I tend to do simple sewing at night, like the cobblestones blocks or strip piecing. Daytime is design time, quilting a project, or joining blocks on the design wall. And when I need a change, I spend a few hours on a journal quilt. Often my daytime sewing time is in small spurts. Even 15 to 20 minutes at a time, can be productive if I just sew a few blocks together that are on the design wall. It's just what works for me.
Happy stitching,
2 comments:
I think it may have been me who asked the question - your answer makes sense but is too scary to contemplate for this novice!
However, as an experienced knitter I have a "few" projects on the needles at any one time! At the moment, I sew during the daytime and knit in front of the television in the evenings. Since I got into quilting, my knitting output has slowed - I wonder why? LOL
I really like the rail fence quilt. How do you do your labels?
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