A quilt top for my parents

This is a christmas present for my parents a couple of years ago (2012).
I started the quilt as a railway fence lapquilt, in 2009. It laid unfinished in the closet, something was missing. And it was too small.
I searched for a nice border, but I had also run out of fabric. And the borders should fit to my parent's style. During that summer's holidays at home, a detail in the tiling of the floor caught my eyes:

 Here is a detail of the corner tile:

And here a close-up on the side borders:

I measured the size of the railway fence top, and calculated a reasonable size for each unit. Then I drew a cardbard template and reproduced the pattern on two-sided adhesive interface and ironed on the fabric. And then cutting. A lot of cutting.And then a LOT of appliqué.

This picture shows the finished top, and I quite like how it came out. It was quilted with stitch in the ditch on the center part and echo quilting in the border. It was bound witht he same dark green fabric as was used in the inner border.

The quilt found a permanent place on my parent's sofa and it fits exquisitely into the style of the house.

Now I feel I want to do some appliqué. What's udner your needle?

Working through Allietare Clue 5

Sping is coming, the sun starts to shine through the window, and I can see the snow glistering in the sun through the window in my sewing room.
The success of finishing Clue 4 motivated me to keep on going and get the half-square triangles out and sewing. Sorting a couple of patches together, intercepted by a leader and ender.

Sewing a looooooong line.

And stacked in piles of ten. Waiting to be ironed.

Allietare clue 4 - finally done

This took a while....
But I am comforted by the knowledge that others struggled with clue 4, too. Maybe not quite as long, but still.

 Here are all 30 sets of four piled together. I can't believe I am done with these.

Some ended up a bit wonky, I hope they fit well in the quilt.
In the background, I immediately pulled out the fabric for clue 5. I am positive things will come along better now.

On the bright side. I got LOTS done on my leaders and enders project (which is just 2'' squares of all my scraps sewn together to 4x4 patches).

 My basket with my leaders and enders project, 4x1 strips, some 4x2 patches on the left side.
Below, watching Netflix and ironing the 4x1 strips. so bright and cheery, I am totally in love with these scraps. A journey through all my past quilts.