Tuesday quilt block Dec. 22

I have been busy - nearly a month away! And I 'had' to purchase fabric for the next star (last star) presented by Barbara Brackman on her blog.  I have really enjoyed this year's quilt along and the pattern was certainly easy.  Thank you Barbara, I learned so much.

The Nov. 25 fabric type was stick prints and cracked ice, a print style from 1810 - 1840.   Hard to find this fabric type now but I did my best:

With the bonus of some paisleys thrown in too.  Only one fabric this week.

My plans for my star blocks: I plan to split these into two groups, 'early' and 'late', and make two quilt tops with simple sashing.  If I don't have enough stars for the size I want, I will make more.  I certainly know more about the fabric types, and I have a deep stash with other fabrics I passed over.

I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Quilt Story as I do most weeks I have blocks to share. Both blog hops have pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects. I am also joining Work in Progress Wednesday - some colorful and interesting projects there!

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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Tuesday Quilt block Nov. 24

Catching up after two weeks.... I had to order fabric for the first star below!

On Barbara Brackman's blog she recently described "early roller print clouds and storms".  Here is block number 1:

And last week, she described and showed examples of "corals and seaweed" prints.  My star is below.

This is an older Jinny Beyer print, and looks ferny or seaweedy to me.  As does the background fabric.

I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Quilt Story as I do most weeks I have blocks to share. Both blog hops have pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects. I am also joining Work in Progress Wednesday - some colorful and interesting projects there!

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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Tuesday Quilt fabric Nov. 10

Very busy for two weeks here!  No time or fabric for a Tuesday Quilt block.

Stars in a Time Warp:  This past week Barbara Brackman described provincial prints.  I have two that I purchased in Florence Italy (in 1994) and I still do not want to cut them up, not even for this project.  So I scanned the fabric!

Bright colors, spaced flower or mignonette motifs, white "halo" around them.  I also purchased this fabric in red, and purchased a border stripe:

Someday I will use these.  Not yet.

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Tuesday Quilt block October 27

Back again with two bright quilt blocks for you! The fabric type profiled this week on Barbara Brackman's blog was black with bright fabrics from post - 1880 - what we called black with neon now.

These are hard to find as they are not reproduced very often.  Other than a Pilgrim/Roy fabric, what I could find in my stash is below.  Both are from an older fabric line called Matters of the Heart by Kaye England.

A wonderful fabric - can you imagine a Victorian gown done up in this?

And another:

I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Quilt Story as I do most weeks I have blocks to share. Both blog hops have pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects. I am also joining Work in Progress Wednesday - some colorful and interesting projects there!

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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