Cspoonquilt

I'm calling this month's BOM  "Halloween O's".  The block is essentially an O and since Halloween is coming up I decided to use a layer cake of Halloween fabrics to make it seasonal! Have you Checked your quarter inch lately?  Check out this post   here ! The inspiration for this project was a vintage quilt  I saw a few months ago at the San Jose Quilts and Textiles Museum, in San Jose, California. It was a wonderful show featuring Selected Quilts from Great Britain collections juxtaposed to Kaffe Fassett's interpretations of those quilts! Here's the vintage version...   And here's Kaffe Fassett's version. They are both really wonderful lively quilts and I thought both the block and the resulting quilt made it a good pick for a BOM. People don't always have the "right " fabric in their stash for the BOM so I thought this month I'd use a Precut bundle that might provide all the fabric needed while offering a lot...

We traveled to Indy, ID.  last week to meet our new grand daughter Sadie and visit with her big sis and parents!  We had so much fun!  I originally thought I would give Sadie this quilt ,  but when I saw her I knew I wanted to give her something different.  So I whipped up this little flannel receiving blanket so's not to go-visiting empty handed.  This will buy me some time while I figure out what I really want to make for her.                               I wish I had more of that butterfly fab.  but it was just a scrap! The grey flannel on the outside was particularly soft and wonderful.  Some kind of a yarn dyed flannel?!  Since it was just two layers I simply stitched in the ditch around each square. So Simple! I used this "I Love Lucy " flannel fab for the backing.  I've been hoarding it for a special occasion. It makes me laugh!  I sooooo...

A friend gifted me with these vintage blocks.  I'm thinking they are probably around the Turn of the Last Century vintage?!  Anyway they are in really good shape.                                    M y friend had already started to  sew them together so I think I will just finish the job.  I only need to make one more block to make a 6 x 6 top. The blocks are mostly shirting fabs.  A lot of very graphic stripe type prints.  When put side by side they have a great look! The blocks are all hand sewn.  But I think I will sew the blocks together by machine.  Should be an interesting process! Happy Labor Day to you all! Cheers. CW