Dear Readers,
This year, now that I am retired, I joined the Jackson Quilters. They request that each quilter create one charity quilt a year. It can be simple, or complex, or a Quilt of Valor. I know you know I have been trying to get my sewing area a bit more functional by reorganizing and straightening and purging what I will never use.
Well I found a bag with a stack of 6 inch civil war reproduction prints. I put it in my purge bin and moved on with my life. Then one day I was thinking about the charity quilt, and decided to rescue it from the give away bin and use that to make a disappearing 9 patch out of it. That is a quick super easy pattern and since civil war fabrics are somewhat masculine that would make a quilt for a guy....not the type most donated by quilters.
I put the top together at a retreat at Quiltville Inn and it was a little smaller than the requested size, so I added a border. Tried a new, to me, quilting pattern of Baptist Fan. It quilts up really fast. Definitely a plus for a charity quilt. I really like how it came out. I wish I had used a slightly lighter color, but over all I am happy with the result.
Sew on,
Terry
