Well, the tops are all done. Now I have to longarm quilt them.
To back up, I’ve been on a mission to use up fabrics in my stash. So, some months back. I pulled out a collection of 1920-1930 reproduction “feed sack” prints I bought when a local store in Maine went out of business over 20 years ago. Along my quilty way, I moved more to the modern side of quilting, so I never used those fabrics.
Of course, LOL, I had to buy a few more prints to round out the color families I had. That’s the way this “using fabric issue” goes, right.
Anyway, I started with a pattern I saw called “Modern Vintage,” by Camille Roskelley and Bonnie Olaveson, which I saw in Vol. 16 of Quilt Lover’s Favorites (Better Homes and Gardens)–which used a traditional 10-inch block called “Single Wedding Ring.” (Thank you Joan Herrick for that information.)
Then while attending my local Charleston Modern Quilt Guild, I saw the “series” quilt challenge that some members did and showed–a series of three quilts that riffed off of the first original quilt they had made. And I was inspired–especially as I still had MORE of this fabrics.
“Bubbles” happened next, at about 48 inches square:
Yesterday I finished the “Pinwheels” top–it’s about 60 inches square. And Lordy Mercy! All those half-square triangles–but I have wanted to make a quilt with the intense use of lined-up half-square triangles for some time. Breaking up the lines in the center seemed a fun thing to do.
I still have some fabric–probably enough for a small baby quilt.
I don’t know…
Maybe I’ll donate it or play with a few blocks with the leftover half-square triangles or cut squares.
Meanwhile, the last block of the online Tara Faughnan “block” class is here, so I’ll take a break from the reproduction fabrics regardless.
Well, I do have to start longarm quilting them–and with longarm quilter Wendy Currie’s suggestions, will try out a few new pantographs.
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