One Night With a Queen

In the newest issue of Craft there was a short and sweet tutorial for a beautiful yosegire quilt.  I’ve wanted to try quilting for a really long time but I’ve been pretty intimidated by the piecing aspect.  I think this type of quilting is the perfect way to overcome that fear.

 

Yesterday I hauled my two tubs of scrap fabric into the living room and starting cutting out long strips in all different lengths.  I decided that this would be a fairly light quilt top so I mainly used thrifted bed sheets. 

 

I haven’t decided quite yet if I’ll use old flannelette sheets or actual quilt batting in the middle.  Because I’m not selling this one I could use something that is recycled.

 

All in all it took me about six hours to cut and sew the to together.  When finished it will fit on a queen sized bed.  Not bad for a first time if I do say so myself.  Here’s a sneak peek. 

 

 

 

 

 

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