Starting with the back -

The Jelly Roll Race Quilt idea was Plan A - but I have another idea - Plan B - and I want to start with the back -

So - I pressed and cut the selvage off the six fat quarters that I had chosen for the backing of my Lavender Lovely - put them up on the wall - and did some MATH -

If I set them 2 FQ across and 3 FQ down - 22" x 18" - it adds up to 44" x 54" - which is exactly what I need for Plan B -

BUT that's before I sew them together and lose the fabric in the seam allowances. I know it would only be 1/2" per seam if I used 1/4" seams - but I like 1/2" seams in my backing - so I'll lose 1" width-wise and 2" length-wise. If my math is correct - the backing would then come out to 43" x 52" which should still work because the top will be 40" x 50" - (or at least it should be - LOL) -

BUT that only leaves a margin of 1" to 1-1/2" on each side - which isn't a whole lot -

AND I'm a scrappy sort of girl and I like having the back a lot bigger than it needs to be so that I can have some nifty little scraps for my scrap bin and my scrapbook after I trim the backing -

So the plan is to use some of the strips from the front for "spacers" - and make the backing a bit scrappier than just sewing the fat quarters together - 2 x 3 - ;))

I may not post for the next couple of days while I try to get this all together - and then I'll share my Plan B- ;))

Ducks - today I made another copy of all of my I.C.E. information and put that in a safe place. I figured that - in case of an emergency - if I had to call 9-1-1 and the paramedics took the I.C.E. file folder - my emergency contact needs to know where to find the same information the paramedics had. Does that make sense? Getting old is such a pain - I'm trying to cover my bases - but they keep moving - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -