Adding to the original size

top finished at 72 x 84"

With a lot of leftover fabric, I decided to enlarge my "Homesteader's Daughters" quilt more than originally planned (see last post).   Debbie Caffrey's finished pattern quilt is 48" x 60."    I enlarged the center from 12 to 20 sister's choice blocks.   But all that leftover fabric was still staring at me.

To make the outside log cabin border fit and to keep the symmetry of its design, I had to add 6" to the width on each side.  I would have preferred adding three rows of 2" squares, or some lovely complex blocks.    But time is going quickly, and I went the simple, chunky route.  (Nothing to impress quilters, but hopefully the future owner of the quilt won't mind my simple enlargement.)
I framed the center with 6" squares, then the final border of 6" log cabin blocks.   The blocks are pretty accurate and fit together nicely.   

supplies for a future project

It took me a week to get this top finished.  I'm usually quicker than that, but I've been making 2 or 3 trips to our local hospital each of the past 7 days.   DH had surgery, and the little booklet we were given says, "You may return home in 1 to 3 days."   Didn't work out that way.   A problem was suspected when his pain increased 24 hours after surgery, and he had to have second-look surgery the next evening.  Problem found, problem corrected, and he's finally on the road to recovery.  Slow progress, but that's better than back-sliding.

I took baby steps out to our mailbox this afternoon on our slippery, ice-covered driveway.  We're dealing with a major ice storm that covered much of Iowa on Sunday.   I have a future project planned,  but I need 3/4 to 1-yard pieces of big, bold, Westminster style reds/oranges.   So, I checked with From Here to Quilternity and I found reduced prices for some lovely Kaffe fabrics.  Today the mailman delivered the fabric. This future project just may be too pretty to give away.   But I've said that before.