After sewing my daughter’s first quilt, I didn’t want to lose the momentum.
After all, this would only be my second quilt.
Wanting to keep everything simple I decided to use the same quilt block for my son’s quilt as I used for my daughter’s, the Rail Fence block.
Highly versatile, I could easily create a different look while recreating what I had learned while sewing my daughter’s quilt.
I chose patriotically starry red, white, and blue fabrics for the Rail Fence Block.
Again Quilter’s Complete Guide guided me through the process.
Again I rotary cut the strips, then machine-stitched them.
After playing around with design options, of which there are many for Rail Fence Block, I settled for a simple layout, different than I used for my daughter’s quilt.
I merely sewed the rows together on the horizontal. No diagonals this time.
After machine stitching the blocks, I added folded rectangles to the edges for the trim.
Then I hand stitched the quilt layers together.
After completing the quilt I sewed a pillow case to match.
Now I had two twin quilts for my kids to enjoy on their new twin beds!
Could I mantain the momentum and now make a queen sized quilt?
Hmmmm, that has been the plan for years…alas.
Epilogue 2024
After I sewed a Choo Choo in the Rocky Mountains Quilt that I had designed, I couldn’t bear to part with it.
Since it has suffered from fading, it would be perfect for picnics.
One day we did use it for our Civil War Becoming History Presentation, since it looked quite antiquish. (This is the only photo I have of the triangles around the edges.)
