Blue and Brown log cabin quilt done

 Good day and welcome to a cool Spring day in the American Midwest.  I am busy with my day job but have a finish to report.  

Last year I was piecing and assembling a log cabin quilt in blues and brown.  I used all 1800's reproduction fabric, of which I have quite a bit.  I sent it out to the local long arm quilter, who does a great job.  I finally got around to trimming and binding it last weekend.

An overall view, in my messy sewing area:

The colors are close to the same value, but overall it reminds me of winter dusk - that deep blue sky and the brown of the ground and the trees.  I am calling this quilt Winter.

A close view of the fabrics used:

And a view of the back, showing the excellent quilting:

Well, sort of.  I prepared yards of blue binding for this project and had just enough.  Below is an image of my end join and the amount of binding I had left:  talk about playing chicken!

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Visiting an old friend

 I am visiting my parents' house this week and staying in the guest room.  I am re-aquainting myself with an old friend,

This is a vintage top, circa 1900, that I found at an antique fair.  I added new batting and backing and hand quilted it, and gave it to my mom for Christmas a few years ago.  The top was in excellent shape, except for one thin brown fabric, which had split in a few places.

I hand quilted it anyway.  Such a wide variety of everyday fabrics from the scrap bag.

Including some that were pieced together to make a patch big enough.

Some of these fabrics, or similar ones, have been reproduced by modern manufacturers.  I have some of the blues here, like the top blue with the lines.

Others, I wish they would reproduce!

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday,  Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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