Last year I made this quilt top for our bed. I'd had the fabrics forever. I believe most are Robyn Pandolf designs. This summer I had it custom quilted by Patricia at Brown Bird Quilts in Millboro Virginia. I'm very happy with what she did.
Click on this one to see the detail.
I made a lot of stars over the past couple of weeks. I'm learning so much from Barbara's weekly Stars in a Time Warp posts and I'm using fabrics I haven't used in years and some I've never cut in to. I'm sure I'm stretching the definitions with some of these.
Week 30 Floral Trails
Week 31 Toiles
Week 18 California Gold
Week 17 Conversation Prints
Week 29 Lapis Blue
Week 21 Neat Stripes
Week 25 Wood Block Prints
Week 33 Later Turkey Reds
Week 27 Quercitron and Arboresces
Week 37 Chocolate and Blue plus Lace Prints
Week 13 Printed Plaids
Week 15 Woven Plaids
Week 14 Rainbow or Ombre Prints
Week 16 Paisleys
Week 19 Serpentine Stripes
Week 38 Black, Gray and Asian-Style Design
Week 32 Faded Synthetic Dyes
Week 12 Foulards
Week 20 Excentric Prints
I was visiting my friend Laurie in her shop - Appalachian Pieceworks - and she showed me this quilt she had taken apart. Theses fabrics were used as the foundation to a silk log cabin. The silk was shattered but the foundation fabrics are still very vibrant. She thinks the fabrics are copper plate roller printed from the early to mid 19th century. I looked back at Barbara's posts and black fabrics weren't available until about 1890 so I think at least the backing is later.
This was the backing.
This evening.
Beets from our veggie garden.
