Happy Friday! First off, for anyone stopping by the blog for the first time, this post and this quilt are
not an April Fool's joke. ;-) Technicolour quilts made with wild and crazy fabrics are pretty much standard here. And speaking of that, I've decided to name this quilt the 'Not a Wink Quilt' -- because anyone attempting to sleep under it won't get even a wink of sleep since it's so loud.
It's big. Really big. About 100 inches square I believe, and it's for our queen-size bed. It is made of 36 Scrappy Random Railfence Blocks (tutorial
here) along with sashing and a scrappy border. It made a serious dent in my scrap pile! Woohoo!!! The only thing I bought for this was the sashing. (2 yards, in case you wish to do the same thing I've done here. The sashing is cut at 2.5 inches). I honestly had a couple of moments of uncertainty about the pink polka dot sashing ... but I'm glad I didn't change my mind.
The quilt really is a memory scrapbook of all the quilts I've made over the past year.
There are lots of little I-Spy type things for the kids to find.
This picture shows the border. It is a simple piano key border of more 2.5 inch scrap strips cut at 8.5 inches long. I'm going to send it out to be quilted. Even though I'm feeling more confident with my machine quilting lately, I am not brave enough to tackle this ... my frustration threshold is only so high. - It's great to have my sewing machine again. Backing for this quilt is the next project. - Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Friday! First off, for anyone stopping by the blog for the first time, this post and this quilt are not an April Fool's joke. ;-) Technicolour quilts made with wild and crazy fabrics are pretty much standard here. And speaking of that, I've decided to name this quilt the 'Not a Wink Quilt' -- because anyone attempting to sleep under it won't get even a wink of sleep since it's so loud. 
It's big. Really big. About 100 inches square I believe, and it's for our queen-size bed. It is made of 36 Scrappy Random Railfence Blocks (tutorial here) along with sashing and a scrappy border. It made a serious dent in my scrap pile! Woohoo!!! The only thing I bought for this was the sashing. (2 yards, in case you wish to do the same thing I've done here. The sashing is cut at 2.5 inches). I honestly had a couple of moments of uncertainty about the pink polka dot sashing ... but I'm glad I didn't change my mind. 
The quilt really is a memory scrapbook of all the quilts I've made over the past year. 
There are lots of little I-Spy type things for the kids to find. 
This picture shows the border. It is a simple piano key border of more 2.5 inch scrap strips cut at 8.5 inches long. I'm going to send it out to be quilted. Even though I'm feeling more confident with my machine quilting lately, I am not brave enough to tackle this ... my frustration threshold is only so high. - It's great to have my sewing machine again. Backing for this quilt is the next project. - Thanks for stopping by! 
