A finish: Flower Garden quilt

 Hello, and welcome to my blog!  It's been raining in the American Midwest but today we will be slowly drying out.

I have a finish to report.  I started this project in August of 2022 and blogged about it in this post.

Well its time has come.  It was sent out to a local long armer and came back recently.

This pattern is called Flower Garden from the book Scrap Therapy: Scraps Plus One, by Joan Ford, which I found in my local library.  The colorful scraps here are all feedsack fabrics, or vintage fabrics from the 1930's and 40's.  If they have been stored properly, older fabrics are still sturdy and can be used in today's projects.  I have picked up these fabrics at antique fairs or ebay.

A closer look:

I machine stitched the binding to the back, folded it over, and top stitched the binding down, which needs a steady hand and your full attention, as noted previously.

A close up of some pretty feedsacks.  It finished at 58 by 72.5 inches, and is now on my bed.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Snowball blocks: now in early 1800's reproduction fabric

 Hello, and welcome to my blog on quilting projects.

I think I am working in a series.  I have been sewing up some snowball blocks in reproduction fabric:

a. in late 1800's repro fabric

b. in 1930's - 1940's repro fabric.

Now I have a new project in mind: use my stash of early 1800's reproduction fabric, in a little bit larger block size.  Did I mention I love studying antique quilts, and collecting reproduction fabric?

Using a tan solid I had in stash, here are the first 9 blocks:

Blocks finish at 8 inches square.  The tan is a little dark, but we just bought a new car, so I must be frugal and use what I have.  I have 2.5 yards of the tan.  I hope it is enough.

I kept making blocks:

Fabrics of the time period 1810 - 1840 were big and bold - no little calico prints.  That came later.  

More work on this project today I hope!

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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