Good day and welcome to my blog.
We are shoveled out in the great American Midwest (20+ inches of snow) but not going anywhere. I am baking bread and updating my blog.
I have been working on a columns quilt pattern. One starts with a simple block with a diagonal pattern:
The 'black' squares are actually a deep navy blue, but they look black against the Kona Snow white squares. I cut 3 inch squares of feedsacks and vintage fabrics for this. They finish at 2.5 inches. Note the printed patterns on the vintage fabrics are larger and different from the 1930's reproduction fabrics that are available now.
Set out the blocks, finishing at 10 inches, and rotate some to get the overall pattern:
Keep going. I laid the initial blocks on point out on my floor (I don't have a design wall).
No, not enough blocks. Sew some more blocks.
That's better. The sides and top and bottom will be filled in with Kona snow setting squares. I had hoped to get that done yesterday but ran out of time.
Leave piles of feedsacks collected over time on the worktable. I'll put them away later.
Using repro fabrics and a finished square size of 1.5 inches, the previous quilt looks like this:
Today: cut those setting squares and start assembling.
Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Wednesday Wait Loss (she featured my last blog post, thank you!), Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, Frederique at Quilting, Patchwork, Applique, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.
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Viridian
that is so pretty....very very nice
ReplyDeleteWow! That is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, Viridian! Yes, you're right that modern '30s repro prints are smaller scale. Why do you suppose the fabric designers chose to do that? Your feedsack stash with authentic prints is the envy of all of us!
ReplyDeleteI love the classic/vintage look. What are your plans for quilting it? Thanks for sharing in Sew & Tell.
ReplyDeleteModern repro fabrics: I think the designers and manufacturers make what sells. So smaller scale patterns. Plans for quilting: My eyes and hands can't handle hand quilting anymore, so this one will eventually go to the long arm quilter I use. I think some kind of swirly quilting pattern.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I have always wanted to do this pattern, but thought you had to sew them in rows adding. The piecing into blocks really is so much easier!
ReplyDeleteLovely! Those feedsack fabrics are so pretty. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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