Wow! I'm impressed, even if nobody else is. This is Elaine Adair's Rebuilt Log Cabin, a pattern I had an itch to try, and this satisfied it.
71" x 91" |
The back is a very simple pairing of two homespuns.
The supporting cast: the variegated brown King Tut in the bobbin, the gray AURifil on the top.
I quilted this much looser than I normally work, using a pattern called "Crisscross Applesauce" from My Creative Stitches.
I'd considered using the full pattern (all the blue lines) in each of the blocks, but then decided to use one quadrant per block.
As a result, every other strip of fabric was quilted instead of hitting every strip. They're securely sewn, however, so the quilting isn't necessary to hold the blocks together. Because of the looser quilting, it went quite fast but I ended up filling twice as many bobbins than I ultimately needed.
I had every intention of binding this by using up these two packages that have been lurking about.
I don't know if I bought them years ago, or they were part of the legacy stash, but the AAFES price tag indicates they're ancient. However, there are only two packages (not nearly enough), and when unfolded their width measures 1.75" (so I'm not going to add them to my 2" binding scraps). They've been repackaged and put in the "everything drawer" for their real purpose, to be discovered later.
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