This is my finished Rouenneries quilt. The pattern is from 40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts by Evelyn Sloppy. I added a border from Celebrer in McCalls Quilting Dec 2009. The reason I didn't use the pattern from the magazine was because I thought the fabric was too pretty to cut up so much.
Holly Casey did the beautiful job of quilting this for me The reason I am starting with this is because today I read Carrie Nelson's blog and in her instructions for her Lumiere de McGuffey she mentioned not liking those pesky pinked edges. I am using my leftovers from this quilt and a Rural Jardin layer cake to piece Short Line. I wanted to make the best use out of my layer cake but it is hard to get 4-2.5in strips from the square. I try to be precise but those pinked edges just bother me. So what I figured was this, cut your square in half using lines on your cutting mat. Cut 2-2.5in strips measuring from the cut you just made. Repeat w/contrasting fabric. Match a strip w/2 straight edges w/a strip w/pinked edge. Sew along side w/2 straight edges.
Then sew along opposite side following straight edge.
Unsew the seam w/2 straight edges.
Now you have a strip set w/pesky pinked edge trapped inside the seam allowance. Nice straight cut edges on the outside.
Ooh la la!
