Doll quilt top

 Good day, and welcome to my somewhat neglected blog.  I have been busy in my day job and haven't had time to do much sewing or quilting.  But i have a little top to share today.

I have signed up for the doll quilt exchange on Lori's Humble Quilts blog (The sign ups are closed now.)  In this you make a doll quilt that looks as though it has time traveled from the past, and send it out.  Another person makes a doll quilt for you.  So reproduction fabrics it is, and I have plenty of those.

I had in mind using leftovers from one of my recent projects, and I searched my disorganized sewing area.  I found only a few squares - much less leftovers than I thought.  But I did find a box of one inch strips left over from a Courthouse Steps quilt I made a long time ago:

Yes, one inch strips, finishing at 0.5 inches.  I also found 2 leftover blocks from that project, and the beginnings of two more blocks.  So I finished the two partial blocks, and now have a little top:

That will finish at about 15.5 inches square.  My hand quilting skills are not what they used to be, so I think machine quilting and machine binding for this little top.  I am ahead of the game - deadline for sending is early May.

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New start: "Anything goes" log cabin blocks

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.  It is a warmish February day in the American Midwest.

In Fall of 2024 I had a cutting party.  I pulled out my reproduction fabrics, and what I had handy, and cut strips and blocks for several projects.  This past weekend I decided to do something with my 1.5 inch strips, hanging out in two shoeboxes - light and dark strips.

There they are: a variety of dark fabrics, light shirting prints (reproduction fabrics), and the red fabric I am using for the center block.  I have a lot of reproduction fabrics.

This past weekend I started on this project.  The lights are pretty light, and the dark fabrics are "anything goes".  I started a set of 28 blocks, and this is as far as I got:

Several more rounds to go.  Then I'll see how these turn out, then start another set.

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Cups and Saucers quilt - a UFO finish

 Hello, and welcome to a cold bright day in the American Midwest.

Thanks for the kind words in the comments to my last post.  Grandma loved the quilt Sea Breeze.

Now to update you on a finish.  Cups and Saucers was started in 2022.  I finally pulled it out, found a backing, and sent it to the long arm quilter that I use - she does a great job.  74 by 88 inches, cotton batting, a curlicue quilting pattern.  Real feedsacks and vintage fabrics used in the blocks, Kona Snow for the background.

The overall view, above, and two close ups of blocks below, showing the vintage fabrics.

And a look at the quilting in the white areas.

No home for this one, yet.  Maybe I'll keep it!

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Sea breeze: A quilt for Grandma

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.

My mother in law, grandmother to my children, has been feeling poorly lately.  So I decided to make her a quilt (of course, as that is what we quilters do).  She hasn't been able to go to her favorite beach in Florida for a few years.  So when I saw a jelly roll and fabric with watery fabrics, and shell fabrics, I knew that would work for her gift.

I wanted to make log cabin blocks, with more subtle value contrast between the dark and light logs.  And the jelly roll had a good number of medium value strips.

Darks in the middle but more medium fabrics to the top and bottom.  I started the log cabin blocks with a very light center, very light fabrics on one side, and medium fabrics for the 'dark' side.  And the lights moved towards medium values, and the darks moved to darker values.

I arranged the blocks this way at first:

No, I didn't like that.  So try a streak of lightning set:

Yes that is what I did, and the picture above shows the top with borders attached.

Now it is back from the long arm quilter I use.  Trimmed but not bound yet:

The binding will be the same fabric as the outer border.  No, can't see the quilting, which is a pattern of shells and sand dollars.  The fabrics are quite busy.

A peek of the back, shells on a beach wide back fabric from Backside Fabrics:

I hope to bind this tomorrow or the next day, and get this to Grandma soon.

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