Sunday, December 29, 2013

The "Old" and the "New" come together...

This is a project I finished over the Christmas holiday break. My Uncle gave me some Flower Quilt blocks that my Grandmother had hand-pieced (he figured 60 years ago). I love antique quilts so I was very excited to receive the blocks and anxious to begin creating "something" with them.
Well...they were kind of wadded up in a plastic bag, very stained and definitely not "square." However, after washing, ironing and trimming I was excited to see the impressive blocks that Grandma Bauman must have spent hours and hours sewing.
I added some reproduction 1930s fabric (My favorite) for 9-patch blocks, the background and the border then quilted it on my Longarm Quilting Machine and this was the finished product!
It is now proudly hanging in my Quilting Studio.


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