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I had an interesting week - a planned visit with my son and parents one day to celebrate Son's birthday, and a couple of unexpected visits with out-of-state family on two different days.
In between all that I pulled the blocks out for the Rainbow Rails quilt.
I have all the sashing strips sewn between the blocks. Now I need to cut and sew the strips between the rows. My design wall isn't big enough to get them all up there so a row and half are on the floor.
I continue to work on the Disappearing Rail Fence quilt.
I pieced 88 blocks before I ran out of cut pieces. I think I will stop there. You can see in my notes that I had planned to make 99 blocks for a quilt measuring 72 x 88 inches. I think an 8 x 10 layout measuring 64 x 80 will be just fine. (I really, really don't want to cut any more fabric. I just want to be done with this quilt.)
I work on this quilt mainly during phone conversations with my son. I have one more row to piece, then that row and another to sew onto the rest and it will be a top.
My goal at this time is to get my started projects to completed tops.
However, I do have a couple of projects that need to be complete finishes as they will be needed as gifts soon.
One of those projects is a futon cover for my SIL's new husband. He is a Packers fan and a Cubs fan. I am piecing big squares - Packers for one side, Cubs for the other.
Before going to visit my son I quickly got the Packers fabrics pieced so I could see if it would fit the futon cushion.
I measured well; it fit perfectly.
I appliqued a baseball block for the Cubs side. It's not this yellow in real life.
I started laying out blocks. I only had enough of the lighter Cubs print to cut two blocks and one of them I had to piece a strip on the bottom to make it long enough. I can't find that print anywhere. I have ordered another print with baseballs and ball bats to see if I like it. We'll see. These will be quilted with a muslin backing before sewn together into a cover with a zipper on one end for easy removal for washing.
Sew, back to finishing the Disappearing Rail fence top.
Stay safe and well.
Happy quilting!
