Completely by accident, my blog post has several things pertaining to the 1970's today.
Monday, April 10, 2023
1970's!
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
And the Winner is . . .
Layout number four! If you're just now joining me and you didn't see what the question was, you can read about that here. Thank you for all of your input both on Facebook and on the blog. And here are my blocks rearranged on my design wall to the layout that you voted for. Oops! I see a block flipped the wrong way. Can you spot it? I haven't taken the time to study this yet to see if I need to switch any of the blocks placement but and I can see some places I think I will switch around. I need to get going and sew this together for the fundraiser it was created for!
If you've been reading my blog since I hopped back into the blogging world a few weeks ago, you know that I am working on finishing a quilt that a friend of mine received from her mother when she graduated from high school in 1979! It was all done except for the binding so I am going to finish it up for her so she can finally enjoy it! Can you believe she still had all of the original fabric it was made with?
Here are the 1978 fabrics I chose to make the binding. I cut a bunch of 2 1/2 x 15-ish long strips of each of these and sewed in an alternating order until I had enough inches.
And here are 400 inches of binding ready to be sewed on Lynda's quilt! We'll see how long it takes me to get this sewn on. I haven't started yet but I will very soon! I hope to have the big reveal in a few weeks.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Miniature Quilt Swap & Lynda's Quilt
To my fellow quilt fiends who like modern quilts, I apologize but this particular post is all about traditional and vintage quilts so you may want to skip this one. I follow a blog called Humble Quilts by Lori Dejarnatt. Once a year she organizes a miniature quilt swap. I have participated in this twice and am going to do it again this year (at least if I signed up in time). I haven't heard yet. Regardless, I am going to make a mini quilt anyway. I have scraps I need to use up! This quilt swap is always supposed to be made using fabrics that resemble vintage fabrics from the past (Civil War era or early 1900's).
I have picked the design I want to make and here is the beginning. I am cutting out a bunch of 1 x 2 inch scraps. And yes, I know some of you are already thinking I'm out of my mind. Well, I'm not making a human sized quilt, just a small one. Doll size! Here is the first step.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Keeping up the Diary
I haven't posted anything on my blog since October 2020 and I've got a hankerin' to start up again. If nothing else then just as a kind of diary for myself as to what I've been up to.
I just read my last blog post and I kind of left you hanging without showing my log cabin quilt that I was making for myself! Here it is! I'm bummed that I can't find the original picture so I had to take a screen shot off of Instagram for this. But you get the idea.
Layout Option 1 (traditional Barn Raising layout)