My Version of an Antique Quilt
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My Version of an Antique Quilt
After reconnecting with some friends, I was compelled to make them a quilt. For many years, I always included them in our Christmas gifting circle therefore they always received handmade gifts from me. We recently reconnected after some years of life getting in the way, and I decided I had some Christmas gifts to catch up on. I wanted to make a classic looking quilt for them, so I started hunting through pictures of antique quilts online and found this and fell in love:
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I got some graph paper and started to figure out a pattern to recreate it. I was originally going to make 12" blocks, but I had trouble with getting the sizing correct, so I settled on 9" blocks (finished) and made more blocks than the original because I wanted it to be a nice sized quilt. Here is my version:
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I purposely bought 6-7 fabric pairings plus pulled a bit from my own fabric to give it a scrappy look. I love the backing fabric and had exactly enough, whew. It finished at ~74"x84" inches.
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I got some graph paper and started to figure out a pattern to recreate it. I was originally going to make 12" blocks, but I had trouble with getting the sizing correct, so I settled on 9" blocks (finished) and made more blocks than the original because I wanted it to be a nice sized quilt. Here is my version:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]608432[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]608433[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]608434[/ATTACH]
I purposely bought 6-7 fabric pairings plus pulled a bit from my own fabric to give it a scrappy look. I love the backing fabric and had exactly enough, whew. It finished at ~74"x84" inches.
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Aah I love to see repros of the old quilts.. Yes and you learned that little 9P in the corner of the block doesn't play nice with a 12" block. Who wants to cut squares or strips 1.66" to make the 9P equal to 4" finished block.
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