two for the price of one
 

My friend from work just purchased a new home and I decided to make him and his wife a log cabin quilt for a house warming gift..

I needed purple and brown and wanted to do a classic red in the middle. I got lucky with the fabric. Found the colors I needed and at $1.50 a yard! So I bought enough to do the back also.

I read the directions and started to cut. . . started to sew . . . needed more material cut. I'm thinking I must of counted wrong originally.

I'm sewing . . . and sewing . . . What's taking me so long?

I finally finished the blocks last night and decided to iron them before going to bed.

I'm ironing. . . and ironing.

Yep, you probably already guessed. Instead of the 26 blocks I needed for a king quilt, I have 46 blocks, enough to make the king and a double.

I need to go back to math class.

Oops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just think of all the throw pillows you can make and at least one big across the top pillow cover.!

Oh well at a $1.50 a yard, you need not feel back and extra quilt will be a bonus. You could add some extra borders and use the smaller amount for the backing.

Those must be really really big blocks if 26 will make a king quilt.

Math is the hardest part of quilting. But in the long run - it is better to have too much than too little!!! I have had to search frantically for more fabric when my "math" figuring was stingy.

LOL, i've done that as well. it's certainly better than not having enough :D

My first quilt many years ago was grandmas fan. I was having so much fun cutting and making fans I made a big box full. When I finished I still had a box full. To this day I still find fans in the bottom of my scraps and have to laugh at myself. What was I thinking?

make two quilts and donate the smaller one. double bang for the buck (or buck fifty)

Just think, you have another whole set of blocks FINISHED