With the long weekend, I finally got the borders on the two lap quilts so now all the Civil War repro projects are flimsies and I've managed to whittle down a significant portion of that stash:
Kaye England's Re-Piecing the Past:
Kaye England's Civil War Legacy:
Top left: Inspired by Judy Rothermel's "Hummingbird" in Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting. March/April 2004 but using the piecing techniques by Sue Bouchard of Quilt In a Day and the Lazy Angle Ruler.
Top Right: "Reproduction-print Table Topper" from the American Patchwork & Quilting website.
Bottom: Kathleen Tracy's "One Patch Doll Quilt" from her book "The Civil War Sewing Circle". I've also got more scraps cut to make the "Soldier's Cot Quilt" from the same book which after displaying it for awhile, I hope to be able to donate it to the Home of the Brave Quilt Project.
When I had finally cleared the wall, I also took an opportunity to throw up the blocks I have accumulated towards my "Scrappity-Do" scrap quilt. I was encouraged to do this when I saw that Deb of the Stitchin' Therapy blog is also using up her scraps right now to make these blocks. I been using up my stash and scraps to do all of the recent repro piecing but I've also tried to put some of my scraps towards other projects. I managed to add a lot of additional blocks to what I had already pieced and these blocks made great "leader/enders" along the way:
For now, I plan to take a break from the repros for a short while before trying to finish them all. I have a project that I had hoped to get done last week (because the repro projects were supposed to get done much earlier in the week). It is a project from my 3rd Quarter Finish Along list and is a gift for my neighbors. I'm hoping to knock it out and then get to quilting all the repro projects.
Speaking of the Finish Along, we're in the final month before reporting and I haven't gotten anything on the list finished! After such a great second quarter, I'd hate to completely flame out for the third. So September had better be a big finishing month or I'm toast!
Hope everyone had a good holiday weekend and are ready to get back into the swing of things and the start of school for those of you with kids still at home. I think the Fall is going to busy for me and not just quilt-wise! Here's hoping that I can continue to whittle down the Phd (Projects Half Done) list and still get some big finishes done by year's end. Geez, thinking about year's end already? Where has the time flown? Happy quilting to all!
2 comments:
I love that - Phd (Projects Half Done). Your mini quits are gorgeous! Pam
Just took a look at your Trading Squares project.....I started feeling the same way. I added a lot more fabrics with multiple colors and patterns. I also changed how I was laying them out. I based the layout on the diagonal rows....dark running one way and lights running the opposite way. It looks much better that way. Keep at it, and it will come together. I have run out of 5" squares for now on mine.
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