Playing with Air Castle blocks

 I am part of a mailing list of quilters, and recently, a challenge was issued by a member: work with one pieced block, and play with it, try variations, different fabrics, etc.

She used the Air Castle block and I decided to follow - I had never worked with this block before.  The pattern source is:

https://www.patchworksquare.com/index.php?function=DisplaySheet&sheet=air-castle-quilt-block&id=&links=1&link1=

I made my blocks 9 inches square (when finished).  My first two:  playing with fabric types: real feedsack fabric (top) and late 1800's reproduction fabric (bottom).

Note I also simplified the corner treatment in the top block.  I kept trying different fabrics:

No, I don't like that yellow for the star points.  I like a stronger, darker color in that position.

And I quite like the feedsack blocks.  I have concentrated on making more of those this week.  Here is what I have so far:

Such fun playing around!  Let yourself go and play too.

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Almost a top; I've been working in a series

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I have been busy at my day job and have not gotten into the sewing area as much as I would like.  But I managed to sew some units together on my blue and brown log cabin  project.  It's almost a top - just a few long seams to go.

Laid out on the floor of my messy sewing area.

I find I have been doing a series of similar quilts, with diagonal movement to them.  This is my third log cabin quilt using the same pattern, so that is pretty obvious.  I have done the log cabin pattern in pink and white:

and red and white.

Also, not so obvious, a four patch quilt set to emphasize the diagonal:

And a batik and black top, also with diagonal movement.

Interesting.  I like all of these projects very much.  The tops I will continue to finish this Spring and Summer.

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A finish: Double 4 patch quilt

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I have a finish to show, a quilt started last year.  The stashbuster block for 2020 found here:

https://media.rainpos.com/5177/the_stash_buster_challenge_2020_block_instructions_v2.pdf

is the pattern I used.  One has to plan which two colors to go together in the block, but then it works up quickly.  I used Civil War reproduction fabric.  I sure have a lot of it and I am trying to get the volume down.  My quilt ended up to be about 70 by 85 inches, but the picture I took of the whole quilt on my phone won't upload to my email.  Curious.

Anyhow, here is a shot of the corner:

And a view of the quilting, seen on the back:

Pardon the shadows!  The quilting was done by a local lady who has a long arm business.  She does a fantastic job.  I just dropped off two more quilts to her.

This one I hope to give away to a family member.

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Mini quilt for a swap and other progress

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I have a project in progress to share.  I signed up for Lori's Humble mini-quilt swap, and I am partly along in the machine quilting of this little one:

The broken dishes pattern, and note that pinwheels appear when you set the blocks side by side.  The mini or doll quilts are supposed to look as if they time traveled from the past.  I am imagining a woman in 1890, using leftover squares and bits from a recent quilt project, making a doll quilt for her daughter.

Other progress:  Three at a time quilt project is now a top.  This is a picture showing more progress:

And growing up odd is now a top:

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.

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