Hand-piecing a king size quilt from shirts. Part Two.
I pulled the basket of triangles and began counting. It didn't take that long really - and yes, I was running out of everything - especially white. I made a little chart and some notes, measured my bed, and went hmmd and hawed about what size to make it. Should I just call it? Is it a much smaller quilt than my original vision? I ultimately decided that I would aim for a generous coverlet size with not a lot of overhang; that would fit squarely over the bed 10x10 blocks - 85"x85". 100 blocks. If I choose to add borders later, I can, but for now, this feels manageable. I cut out more white, simple white cotton from my collection, and sat down and worked through the triangles I had left - committing to piecing together enough squares from the triangles to complete a block. I ran out of triangles on my 4th day. I didn't know what to do! My estimations for the quilt in 2015 told me I had enough blue to make a King size quilt but wh...
