Hello, friends!
Several years ago I had an idea to make
six different quilts featuring Civil War reproduction fabrics.
This photo is of the top half of one of these quilts.
I just finished piecing the blocks and
sewing two sets of 25 blocks together tonight.
Is it a pattern from the 1860's? Who knows?
I can't find the pattern in
the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
compiled by Barbara Brackman.
My friend, Lenor Davis suggested the pattern
could be described as a modified fence rail.
Good idea.
My friend, Kathy Brooks from near Chicago, Illinois
had made a quilt using this pattern years ago.
I just know I liked the pattern and I had to make it.
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Here are photos of some of
the other quilt tops and completed quilts
I have pieced in 2014.
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I purchased two kits named Hanky Panky
at the Pine Needles Quilt Shop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
and made this large queen quilt top.
It is one of the 45+ quilt tops awaiting my machine quilting.
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I purchased two layer cakes of the "Collage" fabric line
and pieced this couch quilt which was a Christmas gift
for my niece and her husband, Brittany and Doug Loudenback
who live in Connecticut.
I used the Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial
named "Cheerio" for my instruction.
I quilted it on my new Statler Stitcher and
was pleased that it arrived at its new home before Christmas.
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I had a generous selection of fabrics
from the "Wordplay" fabric line
and used them plus some of my other fabrics
to piece two couch throws/wall hangings
based on the "Cheerios" pattern, too.
After Statler Stitcher quilting,
they were gifts this autumn to my sisters
Jo Anne Souza in Connecticut
and Judy Steeve in Clarinda.
Well, it is time for me to retire tonight.
My goal is to begin REGULAR blogging.
I hope you come back and
find blogs every single week in 2015.
Merry Christmas!
Carlene
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