6 inch blocks

two finishes from Mrs Sew n' sew

Hello again! I am excited to have two completed quilts to share.

The first one is my Hospital Sketches quilt. This was a Block of the Month that Barbara Brackman did over on her blog Civil war quilts. I loved appliqueing the blocks and designing my own border.

I also loved handquilting it. It took just over a year to quilt. It helped me to get through Covid by giving me something to look forward to working on each day. I quilted rather unpredictable free flowing feathers from small feathered rosettes at the intersections between the blocks.

I love the ...

added by Janet 2 years, 10 months ago. under 6 inch blocks , hospital sketches , radical rose & reel

a small gift from Mrs Sew n' sew

I made a fun little project recently. A gift for my cousin's birthday. I used an applique shape that I had drawn for a previous project and outlined it with some big stitch quilting.

I love the background fabric. All different names for Jesus from the Bible. I knew she would appreciate that.

I finished it with a red zipper :0) (red lining too but I didn't get a picture of that)

I also spent an afternoon getting this "6 inch blocks with flying geese quilt" basted for some machine quilting. So far, I have done a bunch ...

added by Janet 3 years, 1 month ago. under 6 inch blocks , peony

Back to it from Mrs Sew n' sew

After a long and unplanned absence I'm ready to blog again. The last few months have been very different and unpredictable and there just hasn't been time for blogging. I always make time for sewing though - it's how I relax at the end of the day.

I participated in an Instagram Sunflower sewalong. The pattern was drawn by Susie @fixer_of_old_quilts from an antique quilt owned by Cathy @quiltingcat2

I did get the 6 inch block quilt top finished. I enjoyed sewing all of the flying geese units and putting them all together. I have backing and batting ...

added by Janet 3 years, 10 months ago. under 6 inch blocks , hospital sketches

a new old project from Mrs Sew n' sew

I've started to gain momentum on an old ufo. I'm quite excited about it again. Back in 2014 I started making 6 inch blocks. A friend of mine was finishing a Nearly Insane quilt and had started a Farmer's Wife quilt - both sampler style quilts made with 6 inch blocks. I just wanted to play in my scraps and make some blocks. I took block books out from the Public Library and chose blocks to make. I made quite a few blocks with no real plan in mind. And then... they got stuck in the ufo bin ...

added by Janet 4 years, 3 months ago. under 6 inch blocks

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