Too Cold to Garden

Since it was too cold to work very long outside over the weekend, I did some work on my string quilt.  So far I have finished 9 full blocks (36 4.5-inch sections)  which is 27-inches by 27-inches.

I am liking this pattern, but I don't know if I like it enough to sew another 11  pieces this size ( that would be 396  4.5-inch sections!) plus a border or two.  That is what it would take to make a king-size quilt to fit my bed.  Once all that was done, I would still have to hand quilt it all.

I tossed this atop the quilt on my bed so you could get a better idea of what I am talking about.

As you can see, I need a lot more.   I know I would be totally bored having to make the same thing over and over and over.   So I am going to play around with it a bit longer to see if I can come up with a totally different pattern to go around this center.  . . kind of like the "Roses are Red, Borders are Blue" quilt that is already on the bed.  It has a number of different borders.

  Yes, we quilters do name our quilts.

 After all we work longer on making a hand-quilted bed covering than it takes to give birth to a child! So this spring when it's too cold to be in the garden, I will be trying to turn this little section of pieced fabric scraps into a new quilt for my bed.