the new quilt

I started (well, I cut) the "birb" quilt today. I got allllllll the pieces of the bird-print fabric cut.

And by allllllll I mean enough for 17 regular blocks and 14 half-blocks - what the pattern calls for. Yes, I did not have to use any of the "orb print" fabric. I started cutting, got all the half-block parts cut, and then cut the "big" central squares for the blocks and thought, "huh, maybe I'll just cut enough for 17 and see if I have enough for the little rectangles and squares I need"

And I cut carefully. Got most of them (enough for 14 whole blocks) done, stopped to measure....and turns out I had enough fabric to cut all the pieces I needed, with about a 42" by 5" piece left over.

So I guess, moral of the story is: sometimes quilt patterns overestimate the amount needed just like knitting patterns (especially the larger sizes*) overestimate yarn needed.



Here are all the pieces of the "feature" fabric (the background is just going to be plain white Kona cotton), and also the pattern I am using. (It's written for one fabric, but you could easily do it with more than one, or as a scrap quilt, if you wanted.)

And here's a close-up of the "birb" fabric:



I've never done a quilt with just two fabrics, so this is something new. I'm kind of excited for this, I think it will work up well.



(*Usually, I think, commercial knitting patterns are made first from the smallest size and then they often scale up from there - sometimes not, I think, actually knitting them to be sure of the yarn amounts. And anyway, it's better to have too much than to run short)