The Quilt Series

I thought it might be useful to show all four quilts in this series, now that I’m done with this project.

As readers may recall, there were two events that sparked this project: I had a good quantity of the 1920-30’s reproduction feed sack fabrics (fat quarters) gathered together in my stash for a bit more than 15 years, bought when a local store in Maine went out of business. And, I saw the end results of a “series” challenge at my first Charleston Modern Quilt Guild meeting and loved seeing those quilts.

The first quilt started the series for me: “Vintage Feed Sack Wedding Rings.” The pattern is “Modern Vintage” by Camille Roskelley and Bonnie Olaveson, and I found it in the Better Homes and Gardens QUILT LOVERS FAVORITES, vol. 16, pages 86-89–before I donated the book to the Wando library. This block is actually a traditional block, which a Maine friend told me. It’s easy to find online if you like it: single wedding ring quilt block. The secondary patterns are quite awesome and interesting, I think.

Next, I took the circle of the wedding ring block and played with that in “Bubbles.” I wanted to make the circles float over the quilt as if they were rising upward. This quilt is smaller–baby quilt size.

I’ve always wanted to make a quilt from small half-square triangles. But I also wanted to add an element: pinwheels–made from the already made half-square units. The result was “16 Pinwheels,” which is more of a lap size. The half-square triangles are in the original wedding ring block.

I had thought to stop at the third quilt, but I had the units in the center already cut and I still had fabric in all the colors I had used all along AND units were on the design wall where I could see them. So, “Four Stars” came along for the ride.

So, there you have all four, and I had a really good time making this series. One of these quilts has already gone to a new baby in the family.