Granny Squares Done

Here  are the Great Granny squares, sashed to control the bias edges. 'Im really pleased with the effect, and particularly like the inclusion of the low contrast blocks.

It was difficult to photograph as there was strong sun coming into the room.

I want to make another now with larger squares.

More old quilts..

The Burgundy quilt was interesting. The four-patch squares were pieced randomly from scraps and set with burgundy dress fabric, then rather crudely quilted in straight lines. There are rusty marks on the back showing that it was placed on the bed-springs under a mattress for some time.

 This unusual design is pieced with scrappy parallelograms and orange triangles around an orange square. There are turquoise sashings and pink post squares which make it quite bright! The patchwork pieces and settings do not all fit together very well and it was probably a collaborative effort.

 This design of a one patch set on point makes a pattern of concentric squares by the placement of colour, but you can see in this picture that it is not consistent: the blue squares are of similar fabrics and the browns have odd pieces that are similar. However the red and ochre squares are set alternately and are similar enough to read as a line of colour.

Here is the centre of the design showing the fine hand quilting stitches through the centre of each square.

I'll post a curved design tomorrow!

Scraps on paper.

More of the interesting old quilts.

 These scrappy kites were pieced over papers and the blue fabrics added to make square blocks. You can see the light shining through because this is an unfinished quilt, it is just a top, but was hung so that you could walk around and see the paper foundations on the back.

Newsprint used as paper foundations.

 Here you can see the newspaper foundations!





Below is a finished quilt made in a similar way with small scraps of fabric pieced together to make the kite shapes. These are set into blue background triangles and the blocks then sashed with a rather garish and modern looking print. You can see the hand quilted curves of the Baptist's fan pattern.

Quilts from the Meador, Williams, Heath Quilt Collection made by one extended family in the USA exhibited at the beginning of October in Fakenham Parish Church.