Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Snow on the River quilt top

Winter has come to Minnesota once again.  Snow everywhere!  It's the perfect season to share this recently completed quilt top: Snow on the River.
It's my version of Barbara Brackman's "Snow on the River Wandle", a free pattern she posted on her blog Material Culture in 2012.  I printed out the pattern then, but had not had time to make it up until this fall.  It went together surprisingly quickly, and I was able to use my Tri-Recs rulers to cut the star points.

The checkerboard border helped make the quilt large enough for our queen size bed.  It is also a good way to avoid white around the edges.  I made one quilt that way.  Never again!  The top edge discolored badly from handling, ie: pulling the quilt up at night and making the bed.

Bonus:  Almost all the fabric was from my stash!  I only had to purchase the navy blue for the outer borders (and enough for binding.)