Messy Fat Quarters

My fat quarters have gotten out of control. I sorted and folded them today. Brights, novelties, 1930's and civil wars.

Harvesting my Zinnia seeds today!

Finishing the blocks

I added sashings all around the sides and sewed the blocks together.

Repairing the four blocks

Out of the thirty blocks in the damaged quilt top, four of them needed reconstruction work. Just like the Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt I blogged about.... I made templates with a double thickness of freezer paper and found reasonable matches for calico fabric in my stash. I wasn't going for exact matches because I love the scrappy look. After I repaired the four blocks, I squared them up, which is a misnomer because these "squares" are actually rectangles measuring 12" x 11".

Quilt Top met with unfortunate accident

I bought this quilt top at an estate sale for two dollars. It originally had 30 squares, four however had big holes. Each of the four corners were shredded. It looked like it got stuck in something and someone pulled it free. I am going to try to make another quilt out of it using the calico's that KK gave me for Christmas. So far, using the seam ripper I have salvaged all the squares including the four that have the holes I left extra fabric around the squares that need repair to reduce wear and tear on them. I will make templates for the missing pieces, square up the squares and put them back together. Maybe someday I will finish it enough to post it again.

Gone Quiltin in Bandera, Texas

About one half hour from my house is a delightful quilt shop called Gone Quiltin in Bandera, Texas. Not only does owner Debra Pavelka feature the widest selections of western theme fabrics in the state, she also teaches classes. If you are lucky enough to have a local quilt shop near your home, be sure to treasure that jewel! Gone Quiltin is located at 1115 Cedar Street and it's website is http://www.gonequiltin.com

Best old quilt wash!

I use Orvus a livestock wash. It's great for soaking stains out of old quilt tops or washing quilts. I use color catchers also, look how much this color catcher absorbed from a recent quilt soaking. The top turned out great too!