Sewing the BOM while sewing another quilt.

[Sue G.]

I like to simultaneously piece two quilts at the same time. I’m doing this with my Color My World paper piecing. After every seam while sewing a house, I sew two other blocks together for a secondary quilt. Many call this a leader/ender project. I have 4” blue and white squares next to my machine and my quarter inch foot on the machine. I sew a seam on a house and, WITHOUT BREAKING THE THREAD, sew a blue and white square together. Then I cut the thread holding the house piece, add the next house piece, and sew that seam. And then another blue & white, and then another house, and repeat and repeat. Instead of cutting thread tails after every seam, I’m piecing a secondary quilt. This works and is easy and not at all confusing as long as your secondary quilt is very simple. My blue and white will eventually be a king-size quilt for my bed.

[Barbara B.]

SGraham, I do this all the time. I call it "Making Free Quilts". All you need is a plan and simple blocks cut and ready to go.

It is one of the hallmarks of my "Time Management for Quilters" program. My Top 3 Tips are here, including using Leader/Enders while piecing:

https://bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com/2018/07/top-three-tips-for-time-management.html

[Sue G.]

Thanks Barbara, yes! I like to say “all of a sudden, boom, you have a quilt top.” Normally these are charity or give away quilts because theyr’re simple and scrappy, but this time I’ll keep it.