The Blue Churn Dash Quilt

Well after all the drama with this vintage quilt top, I just took the best of the blue churn dash blocks and made one quilt. 

I chose a simple design for the quilting design, clovers. 

And wouldn't you know it, I look away for one second, and the foot gets caught on a block! I'll have to fix it later, I guess.

It really came out nice! 

These are some of the blocks that I didn't use.

I posted them on line and sold them for $20. Who would have guessed. 

The finished quilt looks good! 

I kept the original sashing, but added a new border on the outer edge. 

And then I used some of the other odd blocks on the back. 

I think the pieced backing seems appropriate. 

It's a good finish! 

 

Busy Working!

 SO, my parents 70th anniversary is coming up soon-we're celebrating on the 21st. SO I've been excavating old photos. LOTS of old photos.

I've mailed the invites, got a newspaper ad,  got the cookies ordered, the place reserved (Library next door) napkins, plates, centerpieces, table covers, cups, there's a lot to do! But it'll all work out, I'm sure!

This guy had his 1st grade music concert. He looks real excited doesn't he? 

And this guy is learning about PEZ candy. 

Deep Sigh

 So it's that tie of year... Taxes.....oh Turbo Tax I love you, but, dang it's time consuming!

Hubs wanted new seat covers for his car, but they came with one of them with no clips on it! I emailed the company, and asked them to send the ends that were not here and they did! I sewed them in place and the seat covers are great! But c'mon! Quality Control anyone??

This guy was helping me sew...yes, he's laying on the cutting mat writing in a notebook. 

Sunny Days.....

So, there was the I-80 Shopping Spree last weekend. I picked up some Sesame Street fabric-because I have a panel at home that I could finish out, and I got a couple of patterns. 

This pattern is going to be a challenge! I'll be fabric shopping for it, for sure!

But Here's Sesame Street! 

I just used the multiple muppet print on the top and bottom of the panel. 

The panel was in my stash from a few years ago...always good to finish a project, right?

Isn't that backing fabric cute? Love it! SO it was too cold to get pictures last week, so I went outside today-still pretty dang cold!!!

It's a little bit longer than I think it should be, but I'm pretty sure Dilly won't care.

Nice loopy pearl quilting design. 

And that cute backing! 

It was really fast to do this design on Freddie. 

And it was good luck that I had some blue that matched really well to use for the binding. And I have some Bert & Ernie fabric I can make pillow cases out of too! 

 

Here's A New Project...But Not New

 So, take a look at this cutie quilt. Really pretty at first glance. 

But, what the heck happened!!! Some blocks are hand sewn, some blocks are machine sewn.

And the sides of the pretty blue churn dash blocks are these odd tan blocks.

Look at those tiny seam allowances! YIKES!

So, clutch your pearls my friends, because I put it in the washing machine on delicate, cold wash and tossed it in the dryer.  YUP. I figure if I'm going to salvage any of this it has to be useable and that means washable. Well, it washed up just fine, No excessive raveling-no more than it already was anyways.  

SOME of this odd row are really beautifully pieced, but some are awful!

This side row of tan pieces is just falling apart. 

And look at this! Some how they chose to cut a block in half, and add it into the end of a row! What the heck!

And the back!!! OMG!!!!! It's a lot of pieces of old clothing. Which wouldn't be so bad but look at the tucks and wrinkles and the uneven seams and the general badness!

Look there's a pocket on this piece! They didn't bother to disassemble the pieces at all! 

I'm pretty sure this was an apron, the big pink flowers are actually pretty cool, but YIKES! And the lines of quilting stitching which was done by machine are just every which way!

SO I started taking it apart and look how they put the layers together!  They just stuffed the edges inside and sewed it down! 

Oh MY! I think there's a bit of pajama fabric in there too! Maybe a dish towel? It's just really something to see. 

         

I've got the thing all apart, now to decide how to salvage some of it. The sashing is so thin! I hate the idea of ripping out all the stitching around each block, I'll keep you posted. 

And there's a nice flat piece of muslin used as batting. I sure don't know how many people sewed on this, but it's got to be more then 2.