Aunt Melvernia's Chain

 

When I made Thursday’s block, Crow’s Nest, I used the Eleanor Burns Quilt-in-a-Day method to produce the quarter-square triangle in the center. Her piecing methods have been around a long time, but no one has been able to improve on their accuracy or simplicity. Following Eleanor’s directions gave me two very precise 2" quarter-square triangles, and I only needed one. I couldn’t just toss it. With the price of quality cotton, I’m hoarding every square inch. Yesterday I pulled out the Quilt-in-a-Day ruler again and made eight more quarter-square triangles. Aunt Melvernia’s Chain might be pressed into service in the same bed cover as the Crow’s Nest. Or it might end up in the wall-hanging I’ll make when the big quilt is done. (Nearly every quilt I make is followed by a bone-bag quilt to use the scraps.) Or it may be an orphan block my kids will have to deal with someday. But I can’t just toss it.