Time to check on my goals!
- Sew birds in air blocks together--Yes--I have 64 sewn together--36 left.
I've also sewn a 36 patch block and several 4 patches I found in my sewing box. I even did some hand applique on a Beyond the Cherry Trees block.
Toni next door helped me take pictures of the Brown Urban Cabin quilt---
See Toni? Drat--I cut her head off! Pictures of Toni later this summer. She's holding the Brown Urban Cabin sideways and there was a strong breeze.
I'm finishing up some laundry and defrosting my fridge here at the camper. Then I'll head home. I would like to load a quilt on the Princess (are you reading this Henrietta??) and I'm anxious to dig in my stash for some purple--that is the color this month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 36 patches, Spools, and 4 patches are the blocks I'm making for this challenge. The 30's solid yellow I bought last week is to make a Strippy 4 patch using the 4 patches. I have a vintage quilt made by my Great Aunt Katie in this pattern.
You've probably noticed I almost never make a one color or one fabric quilt. I have--I just don't enjoy it! Almost all my UFO's are projects using one color or a controlled color scheme. I admire quilts done with one and controlled colors--I think they are beautiful and then I try to make one. Its a learning process--and I must be a slow learner!!
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Your quilt is beautiful - even though it sprouted legs. Yikes!
I prefer scrappy quilts because they are so interesting.
The only time I do one color is if the person I am gifting is very specific about it. I love scrappy. Based on all the fabrics I am still unpacking and shelving, I will be making scrappy until I die and that is not something I am expecting for 30+ years. teehee (I'm 59, so maybe I can hang on past the century mark and make a few more one colors.)
This is a Quilt of Valor, hated the pattern, like the way it turned out. It has the same fabric, a brown Civil War repro in all the large rectangles but the outer strips pretty much came out of Lori's strip basket. I limited myself to reds, browns through gold to tan and the blue-grey in the border. I was aiming for expensively neutral elegance.
The backing was bought for this quilt, it has American Eagles framed in a circle. There wasn't quite enough so there are more blocks in a vertical strip on the back.
I hope some brave Veteran enjoys it.
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