Here is Mom's finished squares, we did not sew the blocks together yet as it was one of those busy weekends, these are the best photos as we sewed at her house and the kithen floor was the best/biggest place for our scrumptious blocks.
I thought I was feeling a bit tipsy!!! I think it was only 90* as Dad had both wood stoves roaring, whew!
Mom got creative and used the black and white directions from an apron kit, she was so excited to show us, there is a bit of I spy in each of our quilts so we challenged the college kids to find various things.
Close ups of Mom's blocks, such a mix of color and all scraps!( Good Stuff)
Here is mine I tend to love red, so I used olive greens, mustard yellows sky blues and Lots of Red!!! It turned out beautifully.
I hope to get some better photos once we have our blocks attached and quilted.....but that was put on hold as we moved DD from one dorm to another, why does she insist on the fourth floor :P on the way home DH and I poked around in a few antique stores, lots of quilts, and two sewing machines, a singer 15-99 in the cabinet and a red eye singer treadle which jumped into my Subaru hence the delay in sewing as I have been shining the cabinet up. Tomorrow I will post a photo as she is very tired from the journey and all the old english polish! Happy Monday Looking forward to Easy Street link up finish!!! :)
I used scraps from a vest panel. There are directions for putting the vest together in black on white. I think it just adds to the charm of the various black on white scraps! Both of these are very pretty quilts!
ReplyDeleteI see your Mom's quilt matches the kitchen floor! It looks great and I love the quirky prints she had included.
ReplyDeleteHow fun that you're both doing this! I love both colorways, too.
ReplyDeleteBoth look great and what a fun thing to do with your mom.
ReplyDeleteHow fantastic to be quilting the mystery with your mum. Both quilts are stunning. Wish my mum enjoyed the 'gentle arts'.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Angie. Really needed an extreme close-up of that Victorian decal to reproduce it for my own VS2. Love your work. Mike W
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