Before the sun set I was determined to take pictures. Alas it will be in the mail tomorrow. I forgot I had a 4 hour stint scheduled at the library this morning. This was an interesting project. Once I got the blocks separated (sorry I forgot to take a before picture), I knew I had my work cut out for me. But I so liked these chocolate, tan and red blocks. I'm thinking this may have been made in the 80s - I don't really know - could have been China for all I know - LOL. Upon examining them, I almost decided to get rid of them, they were so different. But on second thought, I decided to put them back together as a quilt as you go with sashing. I kept the worst 2 for parts and decided on a 9 square quilt center. The previous version (which also was a quilt as you go) had no sashing. But to some I would have to add the last round, piece batting and back. Above is one such block. Phew! that took some doing - I must have repaired 5 of them - and some I had to take apart to redo the 1/4" seams. Actually went faster than I expected. So here you have the front:
It turned out about 40" square. There was nothing I liked in my stash that I could use for borders, so I did buy a yard. It had to be flannel because that was the only fabric that had the color I needed for this quilt. It looks darker than it really is. It's more of a
chocolate color. And this is the back:
I've got about a third of the sleeve sewn down. This is going to be a wall hanging unless it's used as a table topper. Lastly, here's a close up of the border and the quilting and you can see the true color:
Congrats on the finish! Wow! It's gorgeous! I love log cabin, and this one is really beautiful! I'm glad you rescued it and decided to make a quilt out of it - well done!
ReplyDeleteVery very nice!!! I really like it! My class is supposed to be making one of these too. How do you quilt as you go?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sandy. I love log cabin, but hate to work with so many pieces to a block pattern, so that 's why I was anxious to salvage the blocks, plus I liked the colors.
ReplyDeleteA perfect rescue!
ReplyDeleteEvery quilt deserves a rescue of some sort--you provided a good one.
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