Ever since I started sewing, I've been drawn to the world of quilting. When it comes to YouTube, Craftsy, brick and mortar stores, etc, quilting is the sewing genre that you will find the most information about. Add Instagram to that, and I have been interested in making a full sized quilt. I have made various mini quilts for swaps and gifts, but never one that could be used as a human covering.
Enter the Mother's Day Brunch that my chapter, Eta Nu Sigma of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated is holding. While Mothers' day doesn't exist on my calendar, I did offer to make a quilt as a silent auction item. For the auction I made the Around the Third Rail quilt.
I found the pattern originally on YouTube on the Fons and Porter channel called the Around the Rail Fence. When I saw how easy it was, I had to make it. So I started with the pattern, but I had to change things up because I wanted to use all precuts and no yardage other than the backing. I ended up using jelly roll strips (2.5") to piece my quilt. I wanted to keep it simple and use fabric from my quilt stash. I used a Toscana jelly roll from Northcott Fabrics along with a black and white Kona jelly roll from Robert Kaufman Fabrics. I also made some sizing and color changes from the original pattern. I alternated the inner borders between black and white and increased the size of the middle and outer borders. I incorporated black and white along with the Toscana in the rail fence blocks instead of the Batiks that the original pattern used. Once I finished piecing, I straight line quilted my quilt using my walking foot with white thread on the white borders and grey thread everywhere else. Although it was my first, It definitely won't be my last. I now need to make one for myself, since I have loads of fabric left from this project.
Hopefully the person who wins the quilt will appreciate this quilt along with the love that I put into making it.
The only space I had to actually photograph it was on my kitchen floor. Its about 60" by 66"
Now that the quilt is done, I can focus on my next projects... Me Made May
