liberty courthouse steps, a start

i have "wiltshire rows" top complete, and i felt like getting the other liberty lap quilt i'm in need of going, too, so i can baste them together. if i'm going to get the batting roll out, i want to take care of that in one fell swoop.

so i started my liberty courthouse steps quilt.

and while i'm at it, i'm making two; one for tamsen, one for me.

i started with capel in a deep red colorway for the center. i guess i was thinking how log cabin blocks traditionally start with a red center to represent the hearth. i suppose a courthouse doesn't need a hearth, but it's not a bad way to start, so it doesn't really matter after all.

for contrast, i'm going to alternate between low-volume liberty prints and more colorful ones as i add steps. the next two liberty prints i added are theo and mirabelle.

i had a home ec moment where i sewed two chambray strips on at once, but i caught myself quickly and made the fix.

i had a little visitor come see what granna was doing in her magic room. hi, baby!

i do intend to make these quilts basically identical, but i had some scraps i wanted to use, so one of the quilts got sea blossoms and wiltshire for the color round, and the other got ros and wiltshire.

this morning i got another round of low-volume added: williams and clarisse, two prints i haven't used before.

this is going pretty quickly. i have all the chambray strips cut. the only thing taking much time is pulling and cutting the liberty. there will be 12 rounds of steps, so i'm already a quarter there.