Quiltmaking

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Spudgrandma — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:22:38 GMT

Great quilt Joe, I like the colors.

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Spudgrandma — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:21:49 GMT

Judy T-Bellingham:

Very cute Judy, I really like the CW colors.

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Marie — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:13:41 GMT

Joe:
Please excuse me.

I like it, Joe and you're excused. : )

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Barbara — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:22:15 GMT

Joe very nice quilt . thanks for sharing Barbara

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Joe — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:50:43 GMT

I hope this heresy will be tolerated. Please remember it's only a geezer speaking.

Civil war fabric lines, and most civil war quilt talk baffles me. I see very little that I would consider relevant. I already said what I do earlier, and posted pic before but will here too. Example of my madness in reasoning:

There is a famous quilt and line of fabric called Aunt Josie's Log Cabin or something close. This quilt alleged to have been made about 1875, ten years after end of that sorry war. So making connection to my own life, ten years ago about I moved to AZ. Before that I lived in SC. So, if I made a quilt today, it might logically be expected to have some connection to my time in SC, a lot of connections, or maybe none at all.

In fact, as I went to the bottom of my scrap basket and refilled it a few times since then, I doubt I could come up with a piece I brought from SC, unless I tore something apart. So If I made the scrappiest quilt possible today it would have 0% to do with the fabrics I used in SC.

So there, I'm skeptical.

There is also much blatant nonsense written about Southern quilting, mostly by Yankee women, which causes me to have ungentelmanly outbursts, so it is a sore subject for me.

Please excuse me.

Any way I made the Southern Soldier quilt. Rules, I had to use what was on hand, no shopping, and with a pattern known to exist (nine patch), and try keep colors somewhat reasonable. This is it:

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Barbara — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:14:52 GMT

Judy ,after seeing what you did with all those doll quilts ,I just may have to do one myslef. I really like how you did that.

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Leslie — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:28:29 GMT

Judy, fabulous quilt

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Judy T-Bellingham — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:28:24 GMT

Barbara:

Judy ,Ilove your quilt .looks really good .Barbara

Thanks Barbara. And thanks for starting the group. That's how I got started with the CW projects.

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Barbara — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:23:24 GMT

Judy ,Ilove your quilt .looks really good .Barbara

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Patti — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:51:45 GMT

Judy T-Bellingham:
It's a weird size. I added an extra border along the sides to widen it out a bit, but it's still about 52 x 72.

Perfect for sitting in a recliner.

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Sukochi — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:27:01 GMT

Hey, it is an odd size, but, it sure is a nice quilt. And, it would make a great pattern!

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Judy T-Bellingham — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:16:21 GMT

LaJuan Sukochi Lee:

Judy, how clever are you? What a the demintions of that quilt?

It's a weird size. I added an extra border along the sides to widen it out a bit, but it's still about 52 x 72.

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Sukochi — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:22:46 GMT

Judy, how clever are you? What a the demintions of that quilt?

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Judy T-Bellingham — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:14:45 GMT

Susan :

Judy, I love your quilt ! You should pattern it. The colors and the way you pieced it all together is beautiful. Im a CW fan so you could sell a pattern to me. Great Job ! Susan

How sweet, thank you! But they aren't my patterns, They are from a couple different books, Little Quilts and Civil War Sewing Circle. I just joined them together. It's hard to go wrong when using CW fabrics.

Re: "Civil War" Fabric

Susan — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:56:22 GMT

Judy, I love your quilt ! You should pattern it. The colors and the way you pieced it all together is beautiful. Im a CW fan so you could sell a pattern to me. Great Job ! Susan