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I'm ready to start the next quilt, which will be a lap-size made from these remnants and bolt ends. There are three different prints and nine solids in what I hope is a gender-neutral palette.

For the patchwork I'm using Atkinson Design's Yellow Brick Road pattern. I've made a lot of quilts with this pattern, which is easy, fat quarter friendly, and has simple directions. I am not a complicated design person. :) It took me all of one day to cut all the fabric (not my favorite part of quilting) but I only have to measure two different sizes of strips before I sew them together and cut the subsets to make the blocks.

I'm also saving all the scraps to make a storage bag for the quilt after I finish it. Stayed tuned to see my progress.

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