Joy in Leader-Endering
We'll need to take a better photograph, but this one will do for now. The Sister's Choice quilt is finished! I'd picked it up from the machine quilter a couple of weeks ago and didn't have time to get the binding on until now.
This quilt was a leader-ender all the way up until the border. Impulsively, I chose to use very low contrast fabrics for the nine-patch centers of the blocks instead of the high contrast the block usually shows. And I'm happy that I did that. I do like the way they look.
I wonder why it is that CWs lend themselves so beautifully to leader-endering. A couple of years ago I leader-endered a Log Cabin as well as a couple of Jewel Boxes (though the Jewel Boxes weren't pure CWs but had some other good stuff mixed in. I've still got a good-sized tub of CW scraps. And I've got a great idea involving HSTs! Soon and very soon . . .
This quilt was a leader-ender all the way up until the border. Impulsively, I chose to use very low contrast fabrics for the nine-patch centers of the blocks instead of the high contrast the block usually shows. And I'm happy that I did that. I do like the way they look.
I wonder why it is that CWs lend themselves so beautifully to leader-endering. A couple of years ago I leader-endered a Log Cabin as well as a couple of Jewel Boxes (though the Jewel Boxes weren't pure CWs but had some other good stuff mixed in. I've still got a good-sized tub of CW scraps. And I've got a great idea involving HSTs! Soon and very soon . . .
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Thanks fr sharing.
Bonnie
cindy
Congrats!
Excuse my ignorance but what is 'leader-endering'? I have been quilting for close to 10 years but haven't heard this term before...maybe we say it differently here in Australia!
Visit Bonnie Hunter's site for a tutorial on leaders and enders. It's a great way not only use up scraps, but you'll also save a lot of thread.