Thursday, April 19, 2012

Something Old, Something New, & A Mystery

I pulled out some old quilts that I had downstairs... they are my husband's quilts, but they are made by his grandmother & his grand-aunt... but aren't they just ever so lovely???
The more I quilt, the more I really appreciate the older quilts and all the work that was involved in making them... everything from recycling old clothing, cutting the fabric pieces by hand and hand sewing.  
Looking at old quilts makes me appreciate my sewing machine!!!
This quilt was made by my husband's Grandma

Quilt made by Auntie Mildred in her younger days (she is now in her 80s)

I finished my "Origins" (by Basic Grey) table runner. 
White backing, brown binding.

I made my first "sun dial" - 4 quarters sewn together.
This is "Block 0" for New York Beauty Quilt Along.
There are a total of 10 different patterns for these sundials, but I think I am done.
It was fun trying it out, though!

I now have to decide if I'll quilt this quilt top (24" x 24") or if I should add some more borders or stars.


I finished up this month's 2 blocks for Freebie 15.
This year's theme is "Sand & Sea Glass"

Freebie #7: The Boardwalk

Freebie Companion #7: No Diving
I had to do some tweaking with the companion block because the quilt kit had white for the starfish (that's what I call them) but I wanted them brown, so I swapped fabrics and then was short some fabrics within this kit... but I made it all work.


And finally... I have signed up for a Mystery Quilt with Heather Spence Designs!


Heather Spence has designed a mystery quilt and the pattern is $10.  
The $10 is given to a cancer patient who needs financial help with their medical bills.
You can find more information about Heather's Mystery Blog here.
On April 27, I will receive an email with the first instructions to the Mystery Quilt, and these emails will continue once weekly for 5-6 weeks.

I have 2 of the 5 required fabrics, so I will have to go shopping yet for some more fabric.

I know I wanted to take it easy in the quilting department, but I just couldn't resist this quilt along, and it called out to my heart strings... and since I had 2 meters of fabrics at home that I didn't know what to do with... I'll now coordinate some new fabrics with that one fabric to make this lovely quilt.

I love Heather's last mystery quilt (Autumn 2011) so I am sure this quilt will also be lovely.

If you're a quilter, come join the Mystery Quilt fun!!


1 comment:

  1. All of your work is so beautiful and I love the older quilts.

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