A finish: Film at Five Pattern

 Welcome back to my blog!  I have been very busy in my day job but I have a finish to report.

In looking back at my blog entries I found that I started this Film at Five project (Pattern from Wedding Dress Blue Blog) in Spring of 2020, in the heart of Covid lockdown.  I used scraps and pieces of vintage fabric, and for background I used unbleached muslin that was left over from quilt backs.  No stores were open so I had to dig through my off cuts to get enough for the size I wanted.  Here is the final finished quilt, approximately 75 inches square:

Well, a bit of keystoning there!  A closer view is below.  I used smaller squares that the pattern called for, and adjusted my piecing.

I like the "Sprocket" borders.  Just one more close up:

Showing the vintage fabrics and feedsacks that I used.  This is quilted by a local long armer that I use frequently - she does a great job.  The quilting is a pattern of simple leaves on a vine.  The quilt has a thin cotton batting and is bound in the same fabric as the background fabric - more leftover quilt backing.

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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A Project is moving forward...

 Hello and welcome to my blog!

I am busy in my day job so it's been harder to get into my sewing nook in the basement.  But I do have some progress to report.

I have been making snowball or octagon blocks in reproduction fabrics - specifically early 1800's reproductions, with their big bold designs.  The start of the project is described in this post.  An infusion of new fabric (of course!) and continuation of the project is in this post.

I almost have a completed top - just three long seams to sew.  Here is what it looks like now:

It's laid out on the floor.  Each block finishes at 8 inches, and the top is now 72 by 72 inches square.  A close up:

Showing the large scale patterns of the fabrics.  And quilts of the 1820 - 1840 era would finish with a bold border:

A classic pillar print on the left. This kind of print is getting very hard to find, and I am glad I have 3 yards of this.  This may be 9 or 10 inches added on to the quilt top - I haven't cut the borders yet.  It will be a big square quilt and I do plan on sending it out to a local long-armer for the quilting.  I don't have binding for this project picked out yet - must think on this.  I hope to have time this coming weekend to finish this off.

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.

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

Viridian