Wednesday Wisdom : NERD ALERT!

I would like to use this blog as a forum in which to announce the following.

One: I am a huge nerd.

Two: I have jiggly arms.

Three: Only I think I am funny.

And the fourth, and possibly most nerdy: I own a sewing machine.

I know how to use it (kind of).

I am making my

(cough. cough. ahem. cough.)

FIFTH quilt as we speak.

It is called a "String quilt" because you take strings of fabric and sew them onto a backing.
Usually paper.
I, however, am far too inept for this method
and so I am using inexpensive white cotton for the backing.

I should also note that I am not making a quilt.
I am making a duvet cover.

For my bed.

See those little squares?
They are 8 inches.
I have to make approximately
ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR of them.

I have 12 done so far.

BUT.

Last night I got out my graph paper notebook and decided to do some sketching.
I tried my hand at quilt design.

And this is what I came up with....

Instead of 144 string pieced quilts

which I would have no chance of completing before my 83rd birthday

I now have significantly less to make.

Some of my blocks will just be

plain

old 

brown.

With a white stripe on the bias.

So as to make the diamond pattern.

And....if you turn the drawing upside down

you have a whole new look.

It's like two quilts in one.

Err...I mean Duvet Covers.

or something.

Cheers,

A