Father's Day Rail Fence

I never made a quilt from the Out of Your Box BOM class in 2005-2006. I finished all the mismatched blocks but lacked the skills to assemble them into a single quilt. Some became parts of other projects; others were sad orphans. I was left with lots of long skinny leftover scraps in “manly” colors. I’d also won a bundle of fat eights at the Quilt Shop Hop that year – woodland prints, canoes, and rainbow trout. When John isn’t at work or out fishing, he’s in his recliner in front of the TV, complaining about how chilly it is. So I turned the scraps and fishy prints into this lap quilt for him. Tomorrow is National Go Fishing Day, and it’s also Father’s Day. The family will be over for dinner. I’d serve trout, but many of them (including John) would raise strong objections. Maybe we should have Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food for dessert instead.