Wood shop and a finish

 
From the wood shop:
Some progress on the bed.....

It is time for a "dry fit" to ensure that all the pieces are cut to the right length.   This is the food board section.  This part is much like checking the pieces of a block that are cut.....you want to make sure you did not over look something before piecing begins.  

    And the next photo is a detail of one of the legs.  I love the slight taper and the extra routed detail.  

   Sir Old Man informed me he needs a few more boards to finish up the head board slats.  So it will be a trip to the wood store...lol.  Translated that means.....you can go get more fabric, if I can get more wood!  Sounds like a fair deal to me.  

   So while there is progress, there is a long way to go.  Sanding, and fuming, more sanding, finally assembly and then the finish goes on.  I think there is more sanding involved with that too.   Like making a quilt, there are steps and details involved that no one ever sees or thinks about.  I am enjoying watching the process.

   

  I began this project as a stash buster and a Let's Book It project back in August!  Click here for that post.    I have been working on it  off and on, between other things since then.  I used up my stash of 5 " squares and decided to call it done.

   Naming this one was easy....5" squares are nickles, so A Nickle Saved it is.   I decided to just use straight line quilting on either side of the dividing strip, just to keep it simple.

  This pattern is simple, and effective one to keep in mind for those large scraps.  I like mixing it all up, but it would be great with batiks, or solids with mixed lattice strips.   

    I still have a couple more quilts ready to machine quilt before I jump into new projects......but I do have plans for 2015.  It will be time to make more scraps.

Happy stitching.