Thursday, June 16, 2016

Civil War Quilt in progress......

 SEW................ for the past three months I have been making blocks.  Blocks for a few civil war quilts. I LOVE the civil war theme. I love  how the fabric weaves into stories.   Sew this is my progress so far. About 350 blocks.  Next I have to sew them together in some form of order, and then dye the panels in strong tea.  Then it will have that vintage look. The fabrics  are not exactly true reproductions. I decided to use my stash and not buy any new fabrics.  Once they're dyed in tea it will have a uniform look. A lot of the patterns I got from various books,  like "The Civil War Diary Quilt" by Rosemary Youngs. Plus I used patterns I've collected over the years, from different quilt books, internet, classes, etc.   The quilt blocks each have their own name.....their own personality.......their own history I suppose.
"Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life."
                  -Abraham Lincoln

          Jawhawks                                                                 Lone Star

            Boston Star                                                                 Blazing Star

"The war was a fearful lesson, and should teach us the necessity of avoiding wars in the future."
                                        -Ulysses S. Grant

 Summer Winds                                                         Trinity Star  ( possibly my fav block pattern)
                                                      Sawtooth Star

                Square in a Star                                                             Confederate panel
                                                       Star point

Belle Boyd, born in 1844, became one of the most famous female American civil war spies.
                                                       Pinwheel Card Trick
                                                         Cross        (Spencer)

                       King's Crown

"I think God is a quilter,who takes his needle and thread to piece our world from nothingness and give it form instead" -Our Daily Bread 2011
                                                         Shoo Fly
                                                       Amish Star


                                                        Patriotic Star
                                                    2nd King's Crown
                                                   Friendship Star


              Ohio Star                                                           Gentleman's Fancy
                                                      Pinwheel and Rising Star

               Fishermen's Reel                                                Broken Wheel
                                                        4 Patch Faith

                                (Smokey)                                    (Bo)                                          
                                                  Fox and Geese
                                                       Parlour Days

   The Blue and the Grey                                                    Road Home

             Free at Last                                                           Victory

        Gettysburg                                                             Texas Shoo Fly

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