Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Aunt Maggie's Patchwork Quilt

Last month Sandy (aka "Sandy no blog") and I were talking and she mentioned that she missed our quilt-a-longs from last year.  She said they kept her motivated knowing there was a deadline to get the blocks shown on my blog.   We started looking for a pattern and both mentioned that we wanted to use our Civil War stash as the basis for the quilt.    Mary R (a fellow Woolie) had recently finished this quilt and we both fell in love with it.  So....our decision was made!

The pattern is by Lori Smith.  

 We decided to do 4 blocks per month.  So here are Sandy's 4.









And these are my four.




And I think I messed up on the flying geese on the outsides of this next block.  I turned them around and also switched my colors.   But....would you have even noticed if I hadn't told you?   Probably not!
I shoulda kept quiet, huh?   :)





These are my 4 all together.  


These blocks are a bit more complicated than the Civil War sampler which is a good thing, since there are 50 blocks to make for the Sampler quilt but only 18 for this one.  Whew...dodged a bullet on that one.  

You're probably wondering what has happened to my wool obsession.  Never fear...I'm hand stitching away on the Christmas Quilt.  You know...the one that I prepped all in one fell swoop?  Anyway, I'm just finishing up block 9, so not much longer to go on that one.  

Hope you're enjoying your week and getting lots of sewing time.

Hugs, Anne

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

WHY?!!!! WHY?!!!! Don't tease me with such pretties! Here is another that I would love to have...first need pattern so just add it to wish list for someday! Do you know how many times I go back to your blog for inspiration?!

Me and My Stitches said...

I love this quilt and am hand quilting mine right now! Your blocks look great - and that oops looks just fine the way it is!

Lori said...

I love these blocks! They are a bit more complicated and are beautiful~!~!

Heartsdesire said...

Great looking blocks. Somewhat complicated, but certainly do-able. Love your use of the Civil War fabrics. Always a faourite of mine.

Heartsdesire said...

Great looking blocks. Somewhat complicated, but certainly do-able. Love your use of the Civil War fabrics. Always a faourite of mine.

Cathy said...

Very nice blocks. Another project I would love to start but have too many to finish now...LOL Hugs

Candace said...

Yikes...you're feeding my obsession with CW fabrics here, Anne! For the life of me I can't see anything wrong with the geese in that block! You and Sandy are well on your way to another fabulous quilt!
Cheers!

Anonymous said...

Very nice Anne and Sandy! ♥♥♥

Missie of Traditional Primitives said...

My goodness, those are all nice looking! You are so good at doing those group projects! I am always late because something else needs to get done...one of these days I will get better at it! Thanks for sharing! Keep at it. They look great!

Carol said...

Those are wonderful blocks...going to be a great quilt! I love doing a few blocks a month and then magically you end up with a quilt! I like the way your block looks...if you didn't have the other one to compare it to, you'd never know!

paulette said...

Absolutely stunning!! Love Civil Wars!!
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Anna said...

NO, no way, I can't...no how no way...oh man....

Crispy said...

Ooooo these are going to be beautiful quilts. I noticed your error right off.............yeah right LOL

Crispy