In the last blog post referencing this top, I mentioned that I would go ahead and just finish up the top in the next post.

So, I sewed, sewed and sewed some more to make strip sets.

Then I cut a lot.

I cut too many, as usual. After cutting it all up, piling it into stacks to count, I figured I had made too many!

So, instead of adding 4 more rows, I actually added 5 more rows!

So once again, after making the 5 rows, I took them downstairs to check for mistakes.

Sadly, I had done it again. Thankfully, only one of the rows had an issue.

After fixing the mistake, I went ahead and added those rows to the already completed section from last time.

This makes the top about 105” long - and I like the look just fine!

I spread this out over several days - as it was a lot of work to make the strips, then the little rows of 4 for the blocks. Then, all the pressing, and finally putting the blocks together. Once I got the blocks together, putting the rows of 11 together went relatively quickly. Of course, horsing the top around under the machine gets a bit unwieldy towards the end.

This top ended up being about 90”x105”. At least that is what it is on the computer - I’ve not actually put a tape to it.

Once again, folks, this is a quilt made up of one single unit - a rail fence unit featuring a 1.5”x2.5” black strip and a 1.5”x2.5” strip that is a pastel color. The beauty of this very simple top is that it is just this simple.

I spent some time rolling the top and trimming off strings - probably 20+ minutes worth.

Thankfully, this one is done. I’m ready to move on from this one. In spite of it’s sheer simplicity, I am quite satisfied with it.

While I can’t say I see any difference in my bag of 1.5” strips, at the same time, I know I’ve had some effect. I was picking through my bag searching for yellow strips for the sections in this last quilt top, and I couldn’t find many yellows! In the end, I did manage to find some, but I really had to search.

That tells me I already used them up in this quilt top!

That’s one great thing!

Thanks so much for coming along on this journey with me!

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