Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Tumbling Blocks and Fancy Machine Ground Stars

A little unfinished patriotic Tumbling Blocks was in with the "other stuff" when I purchased the Bowtie top.  


Like the Bowtie it was nicely pieced and no doubt made by the same quiltmaker.


I spent Saturday machine quilting it and putting on the binding. Perfect for the 4th!


A detail. 


The back. 


My Fancy Machine Ground stars from last week.



A Sarah Johnson print from the Shelburne Museum collection. One of my favorites.



You can see another colorway of this print in Becky Brown's star on Barbara Brackman's blog here


I never knew what to do with this fabric until now. It has a striped fancy machine ground :)



From the Ann Robinson collection, Shelburne Museum. 


There were quite a few pink frilly-edged mushrooms in our yard this week. They look like flowers. Aren't they pretty?




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Copyright 2015, Barbara Schaffer


6 comments:

  1. Your Bow Ties looks great all finished up! And you have some beautiful fabrics for the stars. I'm playing catch-up on my stars today.

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  2. I really love your quilt for the 4th of July !! The back is cute.... It's a big day for the americans and you're ready !
    Love your stars too...you're very talented to choose the perfect fabric !
    The mushrooms are like flowers ! But not the same fragrance LOL !
    Have a lovely day !
    Hugs !

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  3. What a wonderful find made ready for the 4th. Well done. Loving your star blocks. They will make a beautiful quilt.

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  4. What a wonderful find made ready for the 4th. Well done. Loving your star blocks. They will make a beautiful quilt.

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  5. The original quilter would probably be very happy with your finish of her little quilt. You rescued it and gave it new life.

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  6. what a great little quilt! I love little tumblers.
    your stars are great. I'm still behind! hopefully this week.

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