Cspoonquilt

Many years ago (maybe 20?) my friend Randy (Barristers Block) and I went to Houston for that big Quilt Fest (you know the one) and amongst the many (MANY) purchases I made were these beautiful indigo fabrics made in South Africa. I bought a roll of fat eighths, a bundle of fat quarters and a few bigger pieces.    I know they are from South Africa because on the back side of each is this... Kind of an interesting way of marking fabric rather than printing it on the selvage?! You can see that the cloth is actually dyed with indigo and then printed with white.  So simple yet the prints have so much variation.  It makes buying a whole bunch of them very seductive! I did buy them with the intention of making a blue and white quilt. What could be more simple, right? I had a picture of a quilt in mind and I did start it soon after I got home... This is as far as I got. This is one quarter of the design.  I need to make 4 quadrants like this to make it a bed size quilt....

 After all the hubbub of the wedding a little RnR was in order so we took a little trip to the our family Cabin.  It has been a quiet week.  A fair bit of rain kept us indoors more than usual which meant more sewing time for me 😄  I managed to finish this top and sew enough blocks for a second one like the first! About 3 years ago I found this huge stack of pre-cut 8.5" yarn died squares at the guild flea market. I bought the whole stack knowing that they would be excellent for Vet quilts and similar type projects.  Here's a sample of those squares. Here's a post of another quilt I made with those yarn dyed squares. https://cspoonquilt.blogspot.com/2020/12/yarn-dyed-flannel-top-done.html Besides having more time to sew I also had time to catch up on my blog reading.  It is so much fun to see all the things people have been working on.  I particularly enjoyed seeing all the Monthly Minis at The Constant Quilter blog (Wendy Reed)!   I don't of...