I feel I’m back to normal a little now and can catch up on some of the blogging ideas I’ve had on the list for a while.
Waaaaaaaaay back on January the 15th I mentioned showing some of my quilts featuring my Smithsonian fabrics. Today I’m showing the quilt that belongs to my GS (that’s gorgeous son) I started it back in 1997 as the label shows.
I like using a leftover block for a quilt label, but in this case (and with the benefit of hindsight) it’s a bit of a waste of precious Smithsonian fabrics.
The quilt itself is still a favourite of mine…and Dylan’s luckily. It was ‘just’ a sampler but using only star blocks which I hand pieced over a period of time, then eventually assembled the top by machine and then hand quilted.
twelve star blocks, sashed and set alternately with a fabric from the Lowell Museum Collection
Not content with only adding one spare block to the back of the quilt, I then decided to add another three!!! All using my precious Smithsonian fabrics…
The back showing four 'spare' blocks.
Luckily, these blocks are not quilted through and some have large enough pieces to make it worth just ‘whipping them off’ and reusing the fabrics in a more current project.
One of four spare blocks
Unpicker…where are you?
I don’t think I’ve ever removed anything from a quilt once it’s finished…once it’s, it’s finished and it is what it is…but this is kind of special circumstances…I want to use those fabrics.
I haven’t broken the news to Dylan yet, but I’m sure he won’t mind…I’ll make it up to him.
Fabulous Margaret! I love it! And not just because it has a lot of purple in it.
Don’t tell Dylan…he’s a boy…he might not notice!!!!
Hmmmmm all those lovely Smithsonians!! Now that I’m doing the Barbara Brackman civil war I’m scratching around for the ones I know I have (somewhere?).
I have small scraps of some of these fabrics left. Wish they would print them again. I am just eeking them out! Wendy
Just Love thall those fabrics together. They look great. The stars on the back look wonderful. I would be so tempted to unpick too
Boy, you are all more industrious than I am! When I am done with a quilt, I am REALLY done. There are so many glorious repro fabrics coming out every month that I don’t mourn for the ones I have used up. I do wish I’d picked up the Smithsonian’s when they were on the market, but since I missed out, I’m willing to just spend (too much) on a portion of what’s showing up new, and fresh. Your son’s quilt is a beauty, Margaret. Good luck with the unpicking. Michele