Bars of Bill

The first project that I worked on during our recent retreat was this one. Several months ago I had seen a quilt somewhere on the internet (believe me, if I knew where I certainly would give credit!) and figured out how it was made. I had a laundry basket full of William Morris and thought I could make a nice big quilt of this design and use up most of the Bill.

I was right and I was wrong.

I made a nice big quilt. There is still plenty of Bill in the basket.

I made a bazillion bars blocks and a lot of nine-patch blocks and bull's eye blocks and put them all in a nice box and set it aside, knowing that when I went on retreat I would have a big enough space to lay it out. I started on Thursday after dinner and worked a couple of hours, getting it all laid out right (with input from dear Helen and others) and sewed a couple of rows before retiring for the night. The next day I started in right after breakfast (scrambled eggs with a bit of cheese, yum yum) and by mid-afternoon, it was all together.

I like it a lot. More important, Himself likes it a lot. Which is good, because I intend it for our bed!