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JCquilts 04-26-2011 04:06 PM

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A friend of mine gave me this set of blocks made in the 30s. When I received it, someone had attempted to put them together on point with three inch wide green sashing, the cornerstones were missing and it didnt lay flat. In the bag were pieces of vintage green three inch wide sashings, but they werent long enough to fit the blocks. There was another 1 yard piece of the green, uncut and enough vintage muslin for the back.

I took it apart, cut the green sashings in half to make 1 1/2 inch sashings and I am hand piecing the blocks into a nice sized quilt. There will be 1 inch sashing all the way around the outside border too.

Ill hand quilt it when its done.

kajaza 04-26-2011 04:12 PM

Lovely!! 30's are one of my favorites!

mtspools 04-26-2011 04:12 PM

Beautiful! I am sure the person who started the quilt is smiling and saying they are glad it fell in to hands that cared enough to finish it. Great job

mtnative 04-26-2011 04:12 PM

So glad you are able to make this work and save these wonderful blocks.

QuiltE 04-26-2011 04:21 PM

How nice!
Some of the fabrics look exactly like the antique DP that hangs on my quilt rack, next to my bed.

happyscrappy 04-26-2011 05:02 PM

oh, so envious. what a treasure.

JEM65 04-26-2011 05:04 PM

Lucky You! What a wonderful gift! It is beautiful!

Jan T 04-26-2011 06:04 PM

When I die, I hope that someone like you finds my UFOs and cares enough to finish and love what I have started. We know how much love and time went into these vintage blocks. It would be just criminal to throw them away. Everything you are doing is making a huge improvement. Way to go.

ilovetosew 04-26-2011 06:27 PM

It's beautiful! Can't wait to see it finished.

MoMiMi 04-26-2011 07:01 PM

Thanks for saving this piece !!!


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