So Much Thinking . . .

That same family friend who brought me the top 

(shared in previous post)

also cleared out his closet and

gifted me with an enormous number of

shirts he no longer likes or needs.

I've pulled out the ones I want

and sorted the rest to share 

with my Wednesday group.

After considerable back and forth about

how best to enlarge the top to twin size,

this is the general plan I'll follow.

Removing one row brings the top

into a more reasonable width/length ratio

which allows for border space on all four sides.

These are the three stars from the top (or bottom)

that I removed - they will be pieced into the back.

(please ignore the Grunge yardage - I was experimenting)

At the same time he gifted me all those shirts,

he included two sets of shiny fabric curtains

(I cannot use those but there are

two ladies in the group who might)

along with three plaid valances 

that his mother made long ago.

With a narrow flash of turquoise as a stop border,

this plaid will work nicely as the 2" inner border.

Handling all those plaid shirts made me think of this book.

I particularly like her second paragraph/right column

and how she describes the function of borders

and the process of choosing them.

The fabrics on the right 

(some shirtings, others from the stash)

will be used to piece a scrappy quilt back.

(plus the three stars shared above and a custom quilt label)

I've calculated out how much fabric will be needed

(6 yards for the back plus 2 yards for the outer border)

so the next step will be to measure out just how much 

yardage is available in that scrappy assortment.

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And all the while I'm still removing paper

from the back side of the stars.

Quiltdivajulie

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Jerome K. Jerome