Friday, October 10, 2014

Scrappy Rails

I decided to quilt a quick and easy squiggly line pattern on the rail fence blocks. The first step was a lot of scribbling on scrap paper to figure out how to make a continuous line design. I wanted to avoid quilting through lots of thick seams, and this is working great. It is giving a nice texture, and emphasizing the rail blocks.


Also, I have been digging through my basket of leftover binding ends to see if a binding could be pieced together using scraps.



I easily found enough darker bits to join together to make a binding long enough for this quilt. Now I just need to finish the quilting, join the bindings together, and attach it to the quilt. Then I will have a binding to sew for Slow Sunday Stitching. Do you think I will make it?

14 comments:

Jo said...

How lovely.. Using what you got

antique quilter said...

perfect choice for quilting, keep going!!!! I haven't done a scrappy binding yet but ought to think about that for a scrappy quilt

Kathie

The Cozy Quilter said...

looking good! This was a quick quilt, start to finish!

Ellen said...

I know you will...you ARE the deadline girl!

I am hoping to get a quilt machine quilted today so that I can join you with binding on Sunday. ;)

Deb A said...

You will make it! Have fun quilting. Maybe I can get a little machine quilting in today and have a binding for Sunday too!

Deanna W said...

Of course you will make it!! I too am using what I got. Found the perfect backing for my Marcus quilt. Since I think it is more of a masculine quilt..the backing I found has whiskey labels. That with a black binding is perfect. Can't wait to see if you make it to Sunday!

Carol Swift said...

I love your scrappy quilt and the stitching!

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

squiggly line is a good choice!

margaret said...

I am sure you will make it! Love scrappy bindings

Scrappy quilter said...

Perfect.

Chantal said...

Of course you'll make it. That quilt went together so fast then some rapid squiggly lines and some leftover binding stitched together in a blink of an eye, of course, you'll bind it really quick too. See ya on Slow Sunday Stitching with your finished quilt. ;^)

Kate said...

You've really made a lot of progress on this one. I think you'll have it ready for some slow stitching well before Sunday.

Missy Shay said...

That's a good idea for the binding, that way you don't have to cut more!

AnnieO said...

Paper and pencil beat ripping out false starts! Remember that for quilter's rock-paper-scissors :). I love a scrappy binding!