As a traditional quilter who was slightly bored, I joined
Naptime Quilter's quilt Along for a modern version of a rail fence. Cheryl has since given up naps and has started a Dining room Empire. I can't seem to locate the finished quilt but it was finished and gifted to my niece. I learned I don't like
high contrast but I did enjoy the improvisational aspect of making it.
And sew began my journey to explore the fields that grow alongside the tracks. I wouldn't stay fenced in. I started sticking my neck through the fence so I could better see those wide, more open spaces.
I made a smaller quilt in modern fabrics a few years ago and this quilt is seldom put away.
The lower contrast stripe is much more to my liking! And I off set the blocks.
How can I go back to the old rail fence????
It was in me to want to row over the wide world. I tried quilt as you go early on in my quilt history and I made this quilt up one winter as a Christmas present for my parents. It helped use up a lot of blue fabrics that I had accumulated. Again, I enjoyed this process. And I definitely want to do more quilt as you go!
Seems like I jumped the tracks. Those two parallel lines were too confining. I needed this quilt a bit bigger so I added the borders.
I machine quilted it using the wavy serpentine stitch on my sewing machine. This is another older quilt. The peach period! It isn't this puckery in real life. I must have just washed it! :O
When I needed two quilts for the
bunk beds I again picked this easy approach. I just stitched in the ditch between strips. I think I'm ready to try some fancy MQing all over rather than fall into those ditches again though.
Another quick spring table runner. I luv this minimalist look!
I did a workshop with Marilyn Stothers, a Manitoba teacher, gosh a decade or so ago. I enjoyed her curved strip piecing. I made
place mats and I expect these curves will show up on a larger quilt some day.
I'm not sure whether rail fences were influenced by the row idea or if strippy quilts played a part. Next week I'll do more stripping as I unravel the mystery of how I got where I am since I did jump those tracks! LOL
I'm linking this to
Throwback Thursday on A Quarter Inch From the Edge.
