I will be teaching classes all day Friday (pictures to follow) so I am posting tonight about a new top that I could not resist.
It is another eBay top and It was $31.00 I just love the bold contrast between the log cabin blocks and the red bands. I can see why it was never quilted. It is a bit beyond “quilting out” the bumps.
Some of the blocks are pieced in with one row of logs almost all sewn into the seams
and some look pretty good
I think I can fix that by separating the blocks from the bands and pressing them and then re-attaching. I don’t want it to be perfect, I love the rustic look, but I do want it to be quiltable. I don’t think I would ever want to wear any clothes that this quilter made.
This one looks to be early 1900′s and it is a great size, 90″ x 90″. This one doesn’t seem to call for very elaborate quilting so It should go pretty fast, and since it just arrived today I am still pretty excited about it….If you ask me today I would say this is the next one I will work on….but that can change at any time!
Happy Quilting
Tim
Nice! I love that red fabric, is it a solid or is there a print to it?
its got a little black check in it that you can see in the third picture
Ok, I see the red from the first pics and it is a neat print….
I see the ‘ART’ in this quilt – to – be. And you are VERY BRAVE!
Kathleen
you know what they say “fools rush in”
I like this one A LOT!! It’s going to take some work, but worth it.
Thanks Lori…I thought this one might appeal to you…Im excited to get to work on it
Oh wow! This quilt top is great! I can see why you couldn’t resist.
some things just call to me…this one was like that
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