| fatsewcat |
09-01-2013 07:20 PM |
Vintage Blocks turned into Quilts
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My husbands aunt asked me if I could turn some blocks that her great great grandmother pieced some years ago into quilt for her mom (who has has them in her possession). I am still waiting to hear the final details of how old these blocks really are. But in the meantime, My DH's Aunt has presented two of 5 quilts to her mom as a birthday present. I plan to present the final three quilts this week. Here are 4 of 5 I have finished so far.
In the first 3 of the 4 quilts shown here, I un-pieced and re-pieced the blocks within the quilt because the original blocks were not pieces straight nor the same size.
I struggled with how to handle the last quilt because there were so many pieces in the blocks. I chose not to rip them apart, as there were 30 blocks, and chose to just cut them down to the same size. I added the 1/2" alternating colored sashing to help hide where I cut points off when trimming the blocks down to a workable block. All in all, I like how it turned out.
The singled block wall quilt was made with the only block that I was unable to fit into the other quilts. I had originally intended to just give it back untouched but I couldn't help but to create a simple wall quilt with it.
My favorite of these quilts are Quilt 2 and 3.
Enjoy some vintage...new eye candy.
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