VA Quilts 50 - 65 or Thereabouts

After Bee on Saturday Pat J. brought over 60 or so quilts from the Undercover Bee and Pine Tree Quilters plus 54 pillowcases and a large bag of magazines.  Will get them ready to go to Durham after  finishing the Durham/Orange Quilts.

This picture really doesn't do this quilt any justice.  It is pretty interesting and the colors of the backgrounds are quilts nice together.  A very clever person who used up all her small odds and ends for the string pieced corners of the blocks.

I love this backing!

I would never have thought to use this fabric in the star but it is very effective.

Another quilt I really like - patriotic colors but not patriotic prints - simple but  very eye catching.

I wonder if the Guild had a workshop featuring this pattern - I don't know how many used the stars and bars blocks but they were all attractive.

Really nice panel - I was surprised that this is the only large panel quilt in the  group.

One of my favorites - love all the prints and the great red for the background. Hurrah!

Another picture of the Poppy Quilt!

Veteran's Quilts Again 28 -49

 Love all the Stars and Bars Quilts in this group!

So graphic and in your face Patriotic.

Also another group represented - the Seymour Quilters of Chapel Hill, NC.

 Saturday after our Undercover Bee Meeting, Pat J. came by my house and dropped off the rest of the quits for the VA, plus Pillowcases and magazines - oh my goodness......................................

Back to Sewing -England Inspired 1

Saw this quilt in a vendor booth just as we were getting ready to wrap up our second day at the Quilt Exposition in Birmingham.   I didn't buy the pattern - I don't even know if they were selling it or were just using the quilt for decoration.  And I didn't take the time to even ask.  

I had a layer cake that I had purchased at a private sale and thought it would be great to use for practice.  It's pretty loud and I did add a couple of fabrics to settle it down a bit.  I call the pattern a "cut and switch".   Basically you

1.  Layer 2 squares of fabric right sides up 

2.  Cut twice vertically and twice horizontally ( in roughly a plus sign)

3. Switch the arms and legs of the plus sign

4. Sew the pieces back together

5. Press and trim if needed.

The blocks are about 9 inches unfinished -I haven't sewn these blocks together yet.

My second attempt was using a constant batik in all the blocks.  This time I started with 9 inch squares.  

Added a few more fabrics each day and it took much longer than the layer cake for having to pull, press, cut squares, refold and return fabrics etc.

I sewed these into a top that measures 52.5 by 67.5".

Will make a nice lap quilt or throw.

May try this again but not right away.

More Veteran's Quilts 18 - 27

Discovered another group name today - the Seymour Quilters of Chapel Hill, NC

The border fabric on this one is great

Love the randomness of all the fabrics and it looks good overall.  The larger center squares seems to tone it down just a bit.

Pictured thus far.....