My second quilt was made in 1986. I got the “quilting fever” and I’ve never looked back. I love pink and green together and have used that combination in many subsequent quilts.
This is a log cabin pattern set in a barn raising layout. It’s queen size, machine pieced and “tied”. Tying a quilt is knotting yarn or floss or other comparable thread approximately every 4″ to hold the layers together. I was burned out after quilting the basket quilt and was looking for a quick method to finish this quilt.
A lesson I learned on this quilt is “do not scrimp to save money by using poor quality fabric.” I did that with this quilt and the seams frayed to the point where they compromised the seams. Tying the quilt added to the problem because it did not hold the quilt together the way heavier quilting would do. I learned as I went from mistakes I made.
Tidal Creek Quilts 