::the oldest daughter:: block of the month

Well, I signed up for a block of the month quilt at my local quilting shop.

I've been interested, but I always a little shy about getting involved because I'm afraid I'll be way over my head. When I asked and found out that it only cost TEN DOLLARS, though, I jumped at the chance. I'm too cheap not to. These fabrics are more pastel than I would ever normally choose, but it's a good way to get out of my comfort zone.

Of course I waited till the very last moment to get this done. I had all month - and waited till the last night I had possible!

The instructions that came with this were horrible! As in, there were no instructions! They gave me a pattern for "Thangles" which I couldn't figure out, so I finally just looked online for instructions on sizing the two triangle squares. And it worked, more or less.

A little messy down there on the corner, but I'm not ripping it out. No way.

(I hate the seam ripper.)

::spotlight:: Eagle Patriotic 1976

The top was a gift from Anita and was made by one of the Cherry Creek ladies. It's a combination of quilting and tying when we lived in the two-story house north of Lawton. It has to be seen to be appreciated. The colors are red, white and blue with a tan eagle and yellow stars. The center square is hand quilted. I quilted around each star and around the eagle. What you cannot see are the hand quilting details of the eagle's feathers and also the eagle heads on hte borders around the stars. (Point of interest is that artistic Grandad drew the markings inside the eagle and made the pattern of the eagle head for the border.)

I had repaired two places on the quilt (remember to search for them on your next trip here), had washed it and hung it under the carport on my clothesline. When the husband came back from the north farm, he said it looked totally gorgeous from the road.

-The Gramma