Jane's Bunny Quilt

Chain Piecing and Nesting Seams 

Granted, 'Rail Fence' is one of the simpler blocks to piece, but it is still gratifying when all the seams match up perfectly like this. 

This is going to be the background for Jane's 'Bunny Quilt'.

Even though the design features just one block, I did enjoy the process of assembling this large quilt top. I wanted it to be 7ft square, so I knew I'd need 49 twelve inch blocks, each made up of 4 single Rail Fence units in alternating directions. 

That was as much maths as I could do to begin with, so I just dived in and sliced off a metre of each of the three fabrics and started power cutting them into 6 and 1/2 inch by 2 and 1/2 inch strips.  These lovely blues are all by Edyta Sitar; the dark one is from 'Blue Barn' and the other two are from the 'Blue Skies' collection. Then I began chain piecing units of three strips, one of my favourite parts of the process.

Next, I joined them into blocks of four, nesting the seams to ensure a good match. That's the other thing I enjoy about the process! And, if you spin the seams on the back, every seam will nest with the adjoining one.

Well, that only gave me about half the blocks I needed, so I cut another three metres and started the whole process all over again. Last night I was on a roll and assembled the whole top and not one pin in sight from start to finish!

The next job is to make and apply the bunny rabbits! Hopefully, my long arm machine will have had its service by then and I can get on with the quilting - I already have ideas for that.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

www.englishquilter.co.uk   

Thank you for visiting my blog and for leaving your comments. Please share on Facebook, Pinterest and Google+ etc