I’ve gotten all the blocks sewn together, so now it’s decision time. This is Nifty Thrift from Bonnie Hunter’s book Scraps & Shirttails. Her quilt is one row wider and longer than what I have here.
In those spaces between the brown squares will be strips of the shirts I’ve used in the quilt. In theory, after that there is a plaid border – not that I have a single piece of plaid to make that border.
There are two options I’m considering.
- Make half blocks to put all the way around the quilt and the figure out what to do for the final border.
- Make enough full blocks to go all the way round the quilt.
Regardless of which option I choose I’m going to need to find another light and red shirt for my sashing and cornerstones. I think I’ve got enough of the brown.
But my husband asked me a question. “What’s the hurry?” — as in why do I need to get this quilt finished. My only answer was to get it off the design wall — which is easily done now. So as I contemplate my options, I’m going to tackle this:
It’s my basket of shirts. I’ve not done anything with the pile (other than push it here and there) because I don’t really have a place to store the ‘de-boned’ pieces. However, my husband said something else — “You’ll get more shirts” — and he’s right — if I were looking, but I’m not since I’m tripping over this basket.
Who knows, by the time I finish this, inspiration may have struck.
